KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Veteran & Former Highest-Ranking Mexican-American Woman in the Combat Support Field of the U.S. Army; Youth Empowerment & Leadership Development Speaker

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

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

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History, Author of "I’m Still Standing" & Veteran Advocate

Retired U.S. Navy SEAL, Bestselling Author & Leadership Expert

DEI Professional & Professor

President & CEO of the NAACP; Civil Rights Activist & Founder of One Voice Inc.

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Former CEO of the Dallas Mavericks; President & CEO, Marshalling Resources Consulting; Retired AT&T Executive and Author

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Former NFL Football Player; Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient; Inspiring Veteran's Advocate

Former Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice; Advocate for Oppressed in Legal System; Criminal & Civil Law Attorney

Author of "America Made Me A Black Man," Winner of the NPR Best Book of 2022

Retired Navy SEAL; CEO, Author; Leadership & Motivational Speaker

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

CNN Political Commentator, NPR Political Analyst, Attorney, Principal & CEO of IMPACT Strategies

DEI and Leadership Expert & Founder Kindred Keynotes & Coaching

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

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl