KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Social Historian, Educator, Writer & Activist; First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Antiracism Educator, Podcaster & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Author, Public Historian & Educator; Expert on African American History & Women's Studies; Author of "Ida B. the Queen"

Civil & Human Rights Activist; Co-Founder of the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute

Writer & Activist Amplifying Muslim American and Immigrant Narratives; Author of "America Made Me A Black Man,"

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

Legal Director at Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI); Ethiopian-American Attorney, Writer & Researcher on Migration; Legal Fellow & Director of Queer Black Immigration Project

Young Poet, Educator, Performer, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

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

Civil Rights Historian & Scholar; Director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection; Editor of "Women in the Civil Rights Movement"

DEI Professional, Professor & Equity Leader Advancing Inclusive Culture Through Education, Dialogue, and Racial Justice

Award-Winning Literary Advocate, Author & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl; Host of the "Well-Read" Podcast

Feminist, Social Critic & Program Chair at The New Institute; Author of "Can Feminism Be African?" & "Sensuous Knowledge"; Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

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

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

Writer, Cultural Critic & Editor; Author of "Black. Single. Mother."; Former Senior Editor at Ebony; Slate Columnist

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

Civic Leader, New York Times Bestselling Author & Former Senior Advisor to President Obama; CEO of the Barack Obama Foundation

Rocket Scientist, Former Board of Education Member & Entrepreneur