KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Women's Advocate & Founding Tech Trailblazer; Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

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

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Educator Development Speaker, DEI Consultant & Author of "The Consciously Unbiased Educator"

Co-Founder, United Farm Workers of America; First Latina Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame; Two-Time U.S. Presidential Award Recipient

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Bestselling Author, Scholar Activist

Associate Director of American Family Insurance; Supporter of Venture Capital for Corporate & Social Impact; TED Talk Speaker

Youngest Muslim Elected Official in the United States; Political & Diversity Activist; Skokie Board of Education Member

Professor of Law, Critical Race Theory Scholar & Advocate; Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University

Attorney & Author; LGBTQ, Trans & Diversity Rights Activist; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Former WNBA Player, Co-Owner & Vice President of the Atlanta Dream; Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

Founder of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy; Works to Dismantle Structural Racism Exacerbated by Climate Change

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

Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur, Environmental Advocate, Founder & CEO of Sustainable Waste Management Company Goodr

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Voting Activist; Known for "Black-ish" & "Grown-ish"

Founder & CEO of Creative Reaction Lab

Social Activist & Founder of the Me Too Movement

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

Author, Racial & Gender Equity Advocate, President & CEO of the Institute for Women's Policy Research