KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Racial Justice & Civil Rights Activist; Community Organizer

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Syrian-American Muslim Storytelling Activist & Poet

White House Correspondent for NPR & Co-Host of "The NPR Politics Podcast"

First Female Muslim-American to Medal at the Olympics, Member of the U.S. Fencing Team & Author of "Proud"

Palestinian Activist in East Jerusalem

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Human Rights Attorney, Legal & Advocacy Director for Project South

Executive Director at Human Rights Watch

Youngest Muslim Elected Official in the United States; Political & Diversity Activist; Skokie Board of Education

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

Architect of the Sustainable Development Goals, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Gates Foundation Director & UN High level Commissioner

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Muslim Scholar & Co-Founder of Zaytuna College; One of the Leading Proponents of Classical Learning in Islam

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author

Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Founder of SWISS; Professor at NYU's Graduate School of Public Service