KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

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

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

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

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

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

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

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur, Environmental Advocate, Founder & CEO of Sustainable Waste Management Company Goodr

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights

Restorative Justice Advocate, Civil Rights Attorney, Educator

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

First Transgender Man to Make Team USA, Transgender Advocate, Triathlete & All-American Duathlete