KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

New York City Councilman, Member of "The Exonerated Five" & Advocate for Police Reform; Author, "Better, Not Bitter"

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Mixed-Media Painter & Installation Artist

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Nationally Recognized Teen Artist & Recipient of the 2020 Global Child Prodigy Award

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Futurist & Thought Leader Using Immersive AI for Participants to Experience Societal Implications of AI and AI Bias; Award-Winning XR Creator; Winner of SXSW XR Competition 2023

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

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

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star