KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Red, White & Royal Blue"

NYT Bestselling Novelist Known for "Crank"

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Bestselling Author, Scholar Activist

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

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

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown; Founder of the Institute for Global Child Advocacy

Leadership and Education Speaker, Author, & Dean in the School of Education and Social Work at Cedarville University

Associate Professor Elementary Education & Reading, Author of "Process Learning: It's Not about the Product, it's About the Journey"

New York Times Bestselling Author of Thriller Novels

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

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

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”

Educator, Writer & Activist; First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Motivator; Former Vice President of Development at Warner Bros. TV Studios; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet Magazines

Literacy Advocate & Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners & Social Justice at UCLA