KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"

Writer, Lecturer, Feminist, Gender Equality Activist & Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate

Feminist Author, Social Justice Advocate, Film & TV Producer

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

NYT Bestselling Author of "Hood Feminism", Diversity Consultant & Writer

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

First African American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre; Author

Poet, Best-selling Author, Social Equity Advocate

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright, Bestselling Author & Activist

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor; Subject of the Emmy Award-Winning Documentary "Going to Mars"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Founder & Former CEO, PolicyLink

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown