KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Award Winning Author, Historian & Feminist

Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Former Co-Host of CBS “The Talk,” NYT Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Change Enthusiasm, Mindset & Leadership Speaker; Disruptive Thought Leader

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

NYT Bestselling Author of "Hood Feminism", Diversity Consultant & Writer

Award-Winning Author, Writer & Feminist Known for "My Sister, the Serial Killer"

Award-Winning Author & Historian of Racial and Sexual Violence

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist