KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

First Openly Gay Player In Major League Sports; Retired NBA Player; Equality Advocate

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Award-Winning Actress Known for "Black-ish," Youth Advocate & Voting Activist

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"

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

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

Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Former WNBA Player, Co-Owner and VP of the Atlanta Dream; Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

Activist, Olympian & WNBA Champion

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

WNBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist & Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You;" Coach of Ice-Cube's BIG3 Basketball League

President of Color Of Change, Civil Rights Leader & Nonprofit Executive

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

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

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker