KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

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

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Known for "In The Heights;" Author Known for "My Broken Language"