KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Author & Civil Rights Historian; Founder of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Author on Gender, Race & Ethnicity; Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies & Sociology at Kenyon College

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

Professor of Sociology; Author of "Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City"

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Sociologist & Harvard Professor

Biotech Entrepreneur; Bestselling Author; CEO of Socratic Sciences; Founding Co-Director of Precision Wellness Center at Mt. Sinai Medical School

Social Psychologist, Stereotype Threat Researcher, Author

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

Social Entrepreneur; Author; Branding Expert & Founder of PERIOD

Literacy Advocate & Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners & Social Justice at UCLA

Research Psychiatrist; Professor of Urban Policy & Health at The New School

Professor Emerita of Sociology at UC Berkeley, Author of 'The Outsourced Self'

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NYT Bestselling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"