KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

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

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Senior Advisor to Two Historic U.S. Presidential Candidates

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

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

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate & Diversity Educator; Subject of "Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey"

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

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

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

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

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

Social Justice, Equity & Racism Speaker and Consultant; Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Cultural Activist, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Philanthropy Innovator

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

Civil Rights Activist, Sociologist & Author of "Standing in the Gap"; Authority on the Intersectionality of Race, Gender & Class

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party