KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

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

Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Video Director & Fashion Designer

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Screenwriter, Known for "Bumblebee" & "Birds of Prey"

DIrector & Writer; Best Known for "Obvious Child"

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

Co-Creator & Executive Producer of HBO's "Westworld"

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Director & Screenwriter; Best Known for "Jean of the Joneses" and " Everything, Everything"

Creator, "Orange is the New Black"

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Director, Writer & Producer Best Known for "The Matrix" Trilogy

Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director, Model & Humanitarian

Actress, Best Known for "Black Panther" & "The Walking Dead"

Emmy-Nominated Writer, Producer & Story Designer

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.