KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Professor in the Urban Planning Program & the Director of the Doctoral Program in Urban Planning at Columbia University

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Author, Feminist & Activist

Millennial Mastermind, Best-Selling Author & Activist

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Host of "The ReidOut"

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

Director of Commonway Institute

Founder & President of the W. Haywood Burns Institute

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

Stand-Up Comedian, Actor & Podcast Host; Known for "Last Comic Standing"

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

Bestselling Author & Founder of the Third Wave Feminism Movement

Author of "The Whiteness Of Wealth"

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Creator & Executive Producer of the Documentary "She Did That," Which Offers An In-Depth Look at Black Women Entrepreneurs

Executive Director at The Equality Trust & TEDx Speaker

Architect, Urbanist, Author & Advocate for Sustainable Design Thinking

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast