KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Award-Winning Journalist & Pop Culture Commentator Focused on Stories Impacting the Black LGBTQ+ Community; Senior Director of Local News: U.S. South at GLAAD

Award-Winning Author; Gender, Sexuality & Relationships Expert; Disability Justice Advocate

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker & Screenwriter; LGBTQ+ Activist

Award-Winning Comedian, Writer & Actor; Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Filmmaker & Founder of the Transgender Film Center

Principal of Marshall Brown Projects & Author of "The Architecture of Collage" and Professor at Princeton University

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

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

Playwright, Writer & Director; Best Known for Amazon's "Transparent"

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "Red, White & Royal Blue"

Internationally Acclaimed Poet, Comedian, Public Speaker, & Actor; Known for "Beyond the Gender Binary" and "BIOLOGY!" Comedy Special

Actress, Model & Activist for Greater Disability Representation in the Entertainment Industry

Emmy Award-Winning Comedian & Former Cast Member of "Saturday Night Live" Known for "Ghostbusters" & "Barbie"

Award-Winning Director, Writer, Producer & Documentary Filmmaker

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

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