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

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

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

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

Award-Winning Playwright, Producer & Actress; Life Coach, Mental Health Advocate & Author of "Black Girl in Love (with Herself)"

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

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

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

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

New York Times Bestselling Author, Musician & Screenwriter

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Former NFL Football Player; Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate

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