KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Author of "Unapologetic"; Founder of BYP100; Director of Film "The Funnel"

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

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

Global Nonviolence & Peace Advocate; CEO at The King Center; Author of "Hard Questions, Heart Answers"; Civil Rights Leader

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society; Award-Winning Author and Expert on the Interplay of Gender, Race, and Class

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate & Diversity Educator; Subject of "Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey"

Olympic Legend & American Record-Holder in the Long Jump; Philanthropist & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Social Justice Advocate, Community Organizer & TED Speaker; Former Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer at the ACLU

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

Scholar & Activist; Distinguished Professor Emerita at UC Santa Cruz; Author of "Are Prisons Obsolete?"; Founding Member of Critical Resistance

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist; Author of "Crossfire: A Litany For Survival" & "The Other Side of Paradise"

Activist, Mental Health Advocate & Co-Founder & Head of Education at FEMINIST; Bestselling Author of "Read This to Get Smarter"

Award-Winning Journalist and Editor-in-Chief Shaping Inclusive Leadership; Editor-in-Chief at Design Observer

Social Justice Leader, Movement Strategist & Activist

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Media Innovator; Known for "black-ish" & "grown-ish"; Founder of 7th Sun Productions

Young Poet, Educator, Performer, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Writer, Cultural Critic & Editor; Author of "Black. Single. Mother."; Former Senior Editor at Ebony; Slate Columnist

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women; Author of "Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History"

Antiracism Educator, Podcaster & Founder of Roots of the Spirit