KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Senior Investigative Editor and Award-Winning Journalist

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

Palestinian-American Actress, Writer & Comedian; Disability & Anti-Cyber Bullying Advocate

Global Health, Sustainability & Gender Equity Advocate, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, UN High-Level Commissioner, Director of Global Policy at the Gates Foundation

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Exiled Iranian Activist & Judge; Involved in Woman, Life, Freedom Movement; Human Rights Advocate

Syrian-American Spoken Word Poet & Educator; TED Speaker; Poet Laureate of Hillsborough; Founder of Writing Hour

Activist, Mental Health Advocate & Co-Founder & Head of Education at FEMINIST; Bestselling Author of "Read This to Get Smarter"

Entrepreneur, Technologist, Investor, Impact Leader & Co-Founder of the Malala Fund & Our Place

Author, Activist & Entrepreneur; Founder of Muslimgirl.com; Known for "MuslimGirl: A Coming of Age"

Iranian-American Writer, Middle Eastern Women’s Rights Advocate, Guggenheim Fellow

Yemeni Journalist & Human Rights Activist; First Arab Woman to Win Nobel Peace Prize

Host of "Democracy Now!", Award-Winning Journalist & Bestselling Author

Motivational Speaker, Author & Defender of Conservative Principals; Known for "Divider in Chief: The Fraud of Hope and Change"

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

First Woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament & International Advocate for Women's Rights

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

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Expert on Women, Power & Leadership, Leading Activist, Bestselling Author; Former President of Planned Parenthood

Award-Winning Foreign & War Correspondent; Human Rights Advocate; Executive Director of The Reckoning Project; Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs