KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

National Educator & Author; Former Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Peabody 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

Educator & Literacy Advocate; Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Antiracism Educator, Podcaster & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Leadership Strategist, Bestselling Author, Founder & CEO of Harden Consulting Group; Creator of the Calibrate Leadership Framework

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

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

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

DEI Professional, Professor & Equity Leader Advancing Inclusive Culture Through Education, Dialogue, and Racial Justice

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

Education Policy Scholar & University Professor at USC; Executive Director of USC Race & Equity Center; Author of "The Big Lie About Race in America's Schools"

Motivational Speaker & Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness & Mental Health Awareness; Authority on Leadership, Education & Youth Development

Cultural Strategist, Inclusive Teaching Advocate & Co-Author of "Do Your Lessons Love Your Students?"; Co-Founder & Exectuive Director at Studio Pathways

Writer & Activist Amplifying Muslim American and Immigrant Narratives; Author of "America Made Me A Black Man,"

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

Racial Equity & Reparative Justice Expert; Founder of Kindred Keynotes & Coaching; Co-Founder of Walk the Walk

Historian & Award-Winning Author; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Expert on Black & Native American History

Social Historian, Educator, Writer & Activist; First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory; Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia University