KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Urban & Suburban Public School Educator; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender & Equity

Motivational Speaker & Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness, Mental Health Awareness, Leadership, Improving Education, Youth Development & Family Enrichment; College & University Speaker, known as “Mr. I’m Possible”

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

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

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Educator & Author

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

DEI Professional & Professor

Antiracism Educator, Podcaster & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Founder & CEO of Mindsteps Inc.; Bestselling Author; Expert on Helping Educators Use Their Tools to Build Better Schools

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

Non-Profit C-Suite Leader; Director of Development & External Affairs at Philadelphia Academies; Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Human Rights Activist, Social Impact Strategist & Trainer; Worldwide Strategic Initiative Lead-Education at Apple

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

Managing Director of Non-Profit School Management Organization, Uncommon Schools; Author of "Teach Like a Champion" Series

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

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

Technology & Diversity Marketer; Mentor; Storyteller; Inclusion & Culture Practitioner