KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

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

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Motivational Speaker for At-Risk Youth; Authority on Development & Empowerment

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

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

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

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

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Award-Winning Actress Known for "Black-ish," Youth Advocate & Voting Activist