KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

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

Attorney, Political Commentator & Author; CNN Contributor; Former South Carolina State Representative & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

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

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate

Emmy-Nominated Host, Writer & Podcaster; Author, "How To Be Black"

Emmy Award-Winning Television Host, Mental Health Advocate & Culture Expert on Netflix's "Queer Eye"

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

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

Scholar, Author & Media Commentator; Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University; Author of "The Black Presidency"; MSNBC Political Analyst

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women; Author of "Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History"

WNBA Champion & 4x Olympic Gold Medalist; Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You" and "From the Court to the Boardroom"; Co-Founder, The Lockwood Group

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

Founder of Backstage Capital & Venture Capitalist; Culture Shifter, Innovator, & Author

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

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Media Innovator; Known for "black-ish" & "grown-ish"; Founder of 7th Sun Productions

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

Motivator; Former Vice President of Development at Warner Bros. TV Studios; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet Magazines

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