KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

First Openly Gay Player In Major League Sports; Retired NBA Player; Equality Advocate

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Voting Activist; Known for "Black-ish" & "Grown-ish"

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"; Author, "Straight Shooter"

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

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Women's Advocate & Founding Tech Trailblazer; Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Award-Winning Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Grey's Anatomy"; Social Justice & Civil Rights Activist

Former WNBA Player, Co-Owner & Vice President of the Atlanta Dream; Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker

New York City Councilman, Member of "The Exonerated Five" & Advocate for Police Reform; Author, "Better, Not Bitter"

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

President of Color Of Change, Civil Rights Leader & Nonprofit Executive

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

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

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Activist, Olympian & WNBA Champion; Criminal Justice Reform Advocate

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

WNBA Champion & 4x Olympic Gold Medalist; Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You" and "From the Court to the Boardroom"; Co-Founder, The Lockwood Group

Cultural Activist, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Philanthropy Innovator