KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Award-Winning Literary Advocate, Author & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl; Host of the "Well-Read" Podcast

Award-Winning Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author, Policy Advisor & #1 Global Voice For Working Moms

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author Known for "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963"; First African-American Man to Win the Newberry Medal

Author of "America Made Me A Black Man," Winner of the NPR Best Book of 2022

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Bestselling Author, Scholar Activist

Author, Director & Actor Known for "Diff'rent Strokes"; Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate

Antiracism Educator, Podcaster & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

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

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"

Educator, Writer & Activist; First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

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

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

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

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

Change & Leadership Expert, Author, Founding CEO of "Change Enthusiasm Global"

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader