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"

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

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

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

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

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright, Bestselling Author & Activist

Olympic Legend & American Record-Holder in the Long Jump; Philanthropist & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate, Diversity Educator

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

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

NFL's First Black Female Official; Founder, Make Meaningful Change

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

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