KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & NYT Bestselling Author of "American Whitelash"

Motivator; Former Vice President of Development at Warner Bros. TV Studios; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet Magazines

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality Known as "The Voice of Black America", Author of "White Fear," "The First" & "Speak Brother!"

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

DEI Professional, Professor & Equity Leader Advancing Inclusive Culture Through Education, Dialogue, and Racial Justice

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker

Award-Winning Journalist; Podcast Co-Host of "Amy & T.J."; Former ABC News Anchor; Community 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"

Writer & Activist Amplifying Muslim American and Immigrant Narratives; Author of "America Made Me A Black Man,"

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

Award-Winning Native American Actor & Stand-Up Comedian

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

New York Times Bestselling Author, Musician & Screenwriter

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of "Whose Streets?"

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate

Author of the Bestselling Biography "On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker" that Inspired Netflix Series "Self Made"