KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

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

German Journalist, Author & Podcaster

Historian, Host of "Sincerely, Lettie" Podcast

Anti-Bias, Social Justice Educator; Education Consultant & Curriculum Creator; Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Author, Educator, Former Development Consultant to Intel & Levi Strauss

Human Rights Defender & Racial Equity Strategist; Founder, Necessary Interruptions LLC & Vice President, Surge

Civil Rights Activist, Sociologist & Author of "Standing in the Gap"; Authority on the Intersectionality of Race, Gender & Class

Political Journalist, Correspondent & Moderator; Former News Anchor

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

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

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory; Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia University

Social Activist & Founder of the Me Too Movement

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