KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker

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

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

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

Award-Winning Native American Actor & Stand-Up Comedian

New York Times Bestselling Author, Musician & Screenwriter

Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises & President of Miss Ross, Inc.; Actress Known for the FX Drama "Pose"

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Pulitzer Prize Winning Humor Columnist

DEI Professional & Professor

Professor of History at Smith College, Expert on The History of Race, Citizenship & Slavery; Author of "Colored Travelers"

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