KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Lawyer, Judge & Television Personality; Host of "The Verdict"

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

Founder & CEO of Mindsteps Inc.; Bestselling Author; Expert on Helping Educators Use Their Tools to Build Better Schools

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

Sociologist, Best-Selling Author, Comedian

Educator & Literacy Advocate; Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

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

Human Rights Activist, Episcopal Priest, Anti-Apartheid Advocate

Actress Known for "Eve's Bayou," "The Great Debaters" & "True Blood"

Activist, Philanthropist, Founder of The Angelrock Project

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ambassador of Inspiration

Leadership Strategist, Bestselling Author, Founder & CEO of Harden Consulting Group; Creator of the Calibrate Leadership Framework

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Educator & Author

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

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

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

Urban & Suburban Public School Educator; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender & Equity

Internationally Recognized Voice for Quality Education & Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer