KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

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

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

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

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

Civil Rights Activist & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Award-Winning Racial Justice & Civil Rights Activist; Community Organizer

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

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law