KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

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

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

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

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

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

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

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate, Diversity Educator

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

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

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

Executive Director of "Equality for HER", Activist & Mental Health Advocate

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

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