KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History & Author of "I’m Still Standing"

Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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

Civil Rights Activist

Award-Winning Author, Writer & Feminist Known for "My Sister, the Serial Killer"

Change Enthusiasm, Mindset & Leadership Speaker; Disruptive Thought Leader

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

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