KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright, Bestselling Author & Activist

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

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

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

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

Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur, Environmental Advocate, Founder & CEO of Sustainable Waste Management Company Goodr

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

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

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

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

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer