KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Bestselling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright, Bestselling Author & Activist

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist Known for "The Hate U Give"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

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

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate & Diversity Educator; Subject of "Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey"

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"