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

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the DNC; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Senior Political Analyst at Fox News, Emmy Award-winning Author, Veteran Journalist

Baptist Minister, Political, Civil Rights & Social Justice Activist

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"; Author, "Straight Shooter"

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

Political Theorist, Former U.S. Ambassador, Conservative Commentator

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality Known as "The Voice of Black America", Author of "White Fear," "The First" & "Speak Brother!"

Internationally Recognized Voice for Quality Education & Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Foreign Policy Analyst, Journalist & Author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World"

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

President of Global Affairs & Co-Head Goldman Sachs Global Institute at Goldman Sachs; New York Times Bestselling Author

Humanitarian, Actor, Producer & Leading Social Activist

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Iranian-American Writer, Middle Eastern Women’s Rights Advocate, Guggenheim Fellow

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker

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