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

Lawyer, Judge & Television Personality; Host of "The Verdict"

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Navy and Marine Corps Veteran; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

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

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party; Author of "A Lonely Range" & "Seize the Time"

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

Celebrity Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Reallionaire"

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Sociologist, Best-Selling Author, Comedian

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

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

Leadership Development Expert, Author, and CEO of S. Graham & Associates

TV Personality, Host, Lawyer, Author, & Former Arbitrator on "Divorce Court"

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

Lawyer, Journalist, & Social Justice and Heart Disease Advocate; Former Co-Host of "The View"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Founder of Children's Defense Fund, Civil Rights Advocate, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient