KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Chief Diversity Officer at Workday; Consultant and Advisor at RISEQUITY

Internationally Recognized Voices for Quality Education and Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

Olympic Legend, Philanthropist, American Record-Holder in the Long Jump & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Activist & Philanthropist

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Host of "The ReidOut"

Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu

Ambassador of Inspiration

3-Time WNBA MVP & Olympic Gold Medalist

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

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

Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence & Research