KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Journalist & Co-Creator of Baldo Comic Strip

Constitutional Law Scholar; Former President of the American Civil Liberties Union

Comic Artist; Author and Illustrator of the Webcomic "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal"

Illustrator & Concept Designer at Pixar Animation Studios

President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition & Chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy

Best known as Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas on AMC's "The Walking Dead"

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Executive Director at Human Rights Watch

Award-Winning Author, Producer, Director & CEO of Social Impact Firm Inspire Justice

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

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

Illustrator, Comics Creator & Head of Shiner Comics, Inc.