KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Education Leader, Author of "Hacking Assessment", Consultant & COO of Mastery Portfolio

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Cultural Strategist, Inclusive Teaching Advocate, Author of "Do Your Lessons Love Your Students?" & Co-Principal of Studio Pathways

Gen Z Attorney, Thought Leader & National Storyteller for a New Generation of Young Leaders

Lifelong Educator & Award-Winning Coach; Founder, Way Beyond Measure; Character Awareness & Youth Development Expert

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide" and "Facing The Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation"; Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

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

Educator & Author of "Hacking Questions"

Author of "Black Immigrant Literacies" & Professor; Expert in the Intersection of Race

Professor, Founder of Media Education Lab & Author of "Mind Over Media"

Entrepreneur, Motivational Leader & Author of "I Want a Nickname"

Racial Equity Leader, Executive Director of Educational Equity Institute & Author of the "The Handbook of Racial Equity in Early Childhood Education" and "Achieving Equity and Justice in Education through the Work of Systems Change"

Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio & Author of “Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education”

Former NASA Rocket Scientist, AI Author, TED Speaker & Artificial Intelligence Ethics Professor

Founder of UNESCO-Endorsed Research To Empower (ReTE); United Nations, International Telecommunication Union & TEDx Speaker; Award-Winning Researcher and Book Author Advancing Education & Gender Equity

Change & Leadership Expert, Author, Founding CEO of "Change Enthusiasm Global"

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

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

Leading Poverty Researcher & William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology & Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI of the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study