KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

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

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

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

Actress Known for "Jane the Virgin" & "Encanto"; Immigration Reform Advocate & Ambassador for the Immigration Resource Center

Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Host of Brad Meltzer’s "Lost History" & Brad Meltzer’s "Decoded" on the History Channel

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Emmy-Winning Writer & Producer for "The Simpsons;" Innovation & Creativity Speaker

Best-Selling Author of the "Goosebumps" Series; Emmy-Award Winning TV Show & Film Producer

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

NYT Bestselling Author, Transgender Rights Activist & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs; Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Pose"

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Senior Advisor to Two Historic U.S. Presidential Candidates

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"

Exonerated Five Member, Criminal Justice Advocate, Entrepreneur

New York City Councilman, Member of "The Exonerated Five" & Advocate for Police Reform; Author, "Better, Not Bitter"

Founder of Wikipedia; Internet Entrepreneur and Wiki Pioneer

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