KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

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

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

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

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

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

Award-Winning Hip-Hop Artist, Actor, Producer & Social Justice Activist

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"

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

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Best-Selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philanthropist

Social Justice Leader, Movement Strategist & Activist

Award-Winning Social Justice, Equity & Racism Consultant; Member of the "Little Rock Nine"