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"

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

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

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

5X James Beard Award-Winning Chef, Entrepreneur & Humanitarian; Co-Owner of Zahav; Champion of Israeli Cuisine

Chef, Bestselling Author & Television Personality; Co-Host of the Emmy Award-Winning "The Chew"

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

James Beard Award-Winning Chef & Author of "My America"; Executive Producer at Food & Wine Magazine

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

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

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

Cultural Activist, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Philanthropy Innovator

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

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

Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur, Environmental Advocate, Founder & CEO of Sustainable Waste Management Company Goodr

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Author & Culinary Historian

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