KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

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

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

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

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

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

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

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

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

DEI Professional & Professor

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

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

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

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

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

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"