KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Author of "Unapologetic"; Founder of BYP100; Director of Film "The Funnel"

Media, Entertainment & Inclusion Innovator; Founder & CEO at Black Women Animate

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer Known for "Black Panther" & "Sinners"

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist; Author of "Crossfire: A Litany For Survival" & "The Other Side of Paradise"

Emmy-Nominated Actress, Writer, Director & Producer; Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"

Young Poet, Educator, Performer, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Best-Selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

Artist, Activist & Author; Recipient of the 2020 Global Child Prodigy Award

Australian Artist, Speed Painter, Speaker on Innovation & Creativity

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Acclaimed Visual Artist & Photographer; MacArthur Fellow; First Black Woman Hasselblad Award Winner

Mixed-Media Painter & Installation Artist

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

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

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Academy Awarding-Winning Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Moonlight"

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Poet, Playwright & Scholar; Black Arts Movement Writer; Author of "Homecoming" & "We a BaddDDD People"

Women's Advocate & Founding Tech Trailblazer; Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE