KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor

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

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

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

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights Activist & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

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

Former WNBA Player, Co-Owner and VP of the Atlanta Dream; Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party