KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Racial Justice & Civil Rights Activist; Community Organizer

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor

First Female Muslim-American to Medal at the Olympics, Member of the U.S. Fencing Team & Author of "Proud"

Youngest Muslim Elected Official in the United States; Political & Diversity Activist; Skokie Board of Education

Mother Teresa Award Winner, Anti-Trafficking Expert & Human Rights Activist

Entrepreneur, Technologist, Investor, Impact Leader & Co-Founder of the Malala Fund and Our Place

Executive Director of "Equality for HER", Activist & Mental Health Advocate

Former International Model, Activist & UNICEF Ambassador

Motivational Speaker; Author of "Lizzie Beautiful" & "Be Beautiful, Be You;" Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

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

Climate Displacement, Migration & Refugee Expert; Founder of Climate Refugees

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Architect of the Sustainable Development Goals, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Gates Foundation Director & UN High level Commissioner

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Former Member of the Afghan Parliament; International Advocate for Women's Rights

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

Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers of America; First Latina Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame; Two-Time U.S. Presidential Award Recipient

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing