KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

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

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

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

Keynote Speaker on Burnout, Adaptation, Emotional Resilience & Neurodivergent Support

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

Author, Cultural Critic & James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University

Actor & Producer Known for "The Boys"; Founder and CEO of Abundancia Pictures

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

New York Times Bestselling Author, Musician & Screenwriter

Award-Winning Hip-Hop Artist, Actor, Producer & Social Justice Activist

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

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

Peabody Award-Winning Radio Host, Spoken Word Artist, Playwright

Hip-Hop Icon, Grammy Award Winner & Actor; Known for "Mama Said Knock You Out"

Spiritual Life Coach, Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party; Author of "A Lonely Range" & "Seize the Time"

Journalist, Podcaster & Author of "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free"

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philanthropist