KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Global Nonviolence & Peace Advocate; CEO at The King Center; Author of "Hard Questions, Heart Answers"; Civil Rights Leader

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

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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

Activist, Mental Health Advocate & Co-Founder & Head of Education at FEMINIST; Bestselling Author of "Read This to Get Smarter"

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

Motivational Speaker & Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness & Mental Health Awareness; Authority on Leadership, Education & Youth Development

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society; Award-Winning Author and Expert on the Interplay of Gender, Race, and Class

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

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

NYT Bestselling Author, Transgender Rights Activist & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs; Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Pose"

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory; Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia University

Transgender Model, LGBTQ Rights Advocate, Author & Founder of Gender Proud

Anti-Discrimination Educator & Diversity Trainer; Creator of "Blue Eyes–Brown Eyes" Exercise

Entrepreneur, Technologist, Investor, Impact Leader & Co-Founder of the Malala Fund & Our Place

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Bestselling Author, Scholar Activist

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

Scholar & Activist; Distinguished Professor Emerita at UC Santa Cruz; Author of "Are Prisons Obsolete?"; Founding Member of Critical Resistance

Award-Winning Author, Producer & Director; Social Impact Strategist & Conscious Content Creator