KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Actor, Activist & Author; Known for "Iron Man 2" & "Hotel Rwanda"

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

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

Emmy Award-Winning Comedian, Podcast Host & Bestselling Author; Former Host of "The Daily Show"; Grammy Award Show Host

Social Justice Advocate & Best-Selling Author

Economics Professor, Poverty Alleviation Expert, Nonprofit Founder

Author of "America Made Me A Black Man," Winner of the NPR Best Book of 2022

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Two-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actor Known for "Blood Diamond," "In America" & "A Quiet Place: Day One"; Founder & Chairman of Board, Djimon Hounsou Foundation

Professor of African Studies at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Imperial Reckoning"

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

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

Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

Human Rights Defender & Racial Equity Strategist; Founder, Necessary Interruptions LLC & Vice President, Surge

Award-Winning Author, Writer & Feminist Known for "My Sister, the Serial Killer"

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Poet, Social Activist & UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Speaker, Historian, Author, Contributor, College Instructor, Expert on 21st Century Law Enforcement and Communities of Color