KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

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

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

Social Justice Leader, Movement Strategist & Activist

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Senior Advisor to Two Historic U.S. Presidential Candidates

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

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

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

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

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

Author & Civil Rights Historian; Founder of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

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

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

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate & Diversity Educator; Subject of "Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey"