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

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

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

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

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

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

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

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

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

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

Award-Winning Producer, Journalist, Cookbook Author & Television Personality

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

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

Celebrity Chef, Cookbook Author, Restaurateur; Healthy Eating & Hunger Relief Advocate; Founder of "Common Threads"

Author & Culinary Historian

Civil Rights Attorney, Author & Media Influencer; Founder of Brooklyn Media