KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

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

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

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Bestselling Author, Finance Expert, Founder & CEO of Clever Girl Finance

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"

First African-American to Win Olympic Gold Medal for Gymnastics; Author of NYT Bestseller "Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith"

Best-Selling Young-Adult Novelist Known for "The Hate U Give"

First African American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre; Bestselling Author & Founder of the Misty Copeland Foundation

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

Award-Winning Executive Producer, Screenwriter & Author; CEO of Shondaland

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Three-Time Olympian, Olympic Gold Medalist, & Gymnastics Academy Owner

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

Best-Selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

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

WNBA Champion & 4x Olympic Gold Medalist; Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You" and "From the Court to the Boardroom"; Co-Founder, The Lockwood Group