KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

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

Author of "Being Brown in a Black and White World," DEI Facilitator & International Consultant

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

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

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Author on Gender, Race & Ethnicity; Professor of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College

Author, Musician, Activist, Founder of The Slants

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Civil Rights Activist, Author & Sociologist

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Dean’s Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science & International Relations at USC; Director of USC Dornsife Center for Leadership by Women of Color

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Diversity Trainer, Creator of "Blue Eyes–Brown Eyes" Exercise, Anti-Discrimination Educator

DEI Professional & Professor