KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Hip-Hop Artist, Actor, Producer & Social Justice Activist

Peabody Award Winner, Social Activist & Entrepreneur; Founder of the Genius Is Common Movement

New York Times Bestselling Author, Musician & Screenwriter

Grammy-Winning Saxophonist, Founder of Marsalis Music, Jazz Educator

Beatbox Champion, Multi-Instrumentalist, Social Activist

Tony Award-winning Actress, Grammy-winning Singer, Mental Health Advocate

Grammy Award-Winning & Academy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter & Producer; Known for the Hit Single, "Happy"

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director Known for "Atlanta," "Community" & "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; Grammy Award-Winning Musician Formerly Known as Childish Gambino

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Human Rights Activist, BET News Correspondent & Author; Presidential Professor of Anthropology at CUNY Graduate Center

Author, Cultural Critic & James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University

Grammy Award-winning Producer, Actor, Community Activist

Actress Known for "Eve's Bayou," "The Great Debaters" & "True Blood"

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Navy and Marine Corps Veteran; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Actress, Producer, Philanthropist & Entrepreneur; Founder of Overbrook Entertainment; Award-Winning Host of "Red Table Talk"

Hip-Hop Icon & Entertainment Mogul; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee; Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philanthropist

Grammy Winner, Actress, Philanthropist

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance