KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

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

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

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"

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

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

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

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

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

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

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

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