KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of "Whose Streets?"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist; Critic-At-Large for The New York Times; Co-Host of "Still Processing" Podcast

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

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

American Artist in Text, Fabric, Audio, Digital Images & Installation Video

Mixed-Media Painter & Installation Artist

Executive Presence & Visual Identity Specialist

Australia's First Keynote Speaker & Speed Painter

Investigative Photographer, Storyteller & Global Traveler

Film Director, Writer, Photographer & Feminist

Award-Winning Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Songwriter; Creator of the Emmy-Nominated, GLAAD & Peabody Award-Winning "Steven Universe"

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide" and "Facing The Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation"; Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Visual Artist, Painter & TikTok Influencer

Award-Winning Photographer & Visual Artist Examining Racial, Gender, and Cultural Identity

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

Visual Artist, Photographer, Co-Director of "Difficult Love"

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

Social Justice Advocate, Community Organizer & TED Speaker; Former Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer at the ACLU

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

Founder & CEO at Black Women Animate