KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Award Winning Photographer & Visual Artist

Quilt Artist Known for Vibrant Textile Portraits Celebrating Black Life

Visual Artist Specializing in Portrait Painting; Painted Barack Obama's Official Portrait

Future of Work Expert, Author of "The Creativity Leap," Innovation, Creativity & Leadership Strategy Consultant

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Founder & CEO at Black Women Animate

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

Australia's First Keynote Speaker & Speed Painter

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

Artist Known for Controversial Exhibit "What Is the Proper Way to Display A U.S. Flag"

Award-Winning Entrepreneur; "Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Design Director, Anti-Incarceration Advocate, Architect

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the DNC; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Poet, Bestselling Author & Social Equity Advocate

Best-Selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Award-Winning Motivational Speaker on Maximizing your Personal & Professional Potential; Media Personality, Bestselling Author of "An Attitude of Excellence"

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

Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Author & Activist; Chicano Art Collector; Best Known for "Cheech & Chong"