KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Tony Award-Winning Director of Theatrical & Film Productions; Known for "Nights in Rodanthe"

Founder of Exertion Films, Self-Propelled Entrepreneur, Producer & Actor

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

National Youth Poet Laureate, Filmmaker & Activist

Actress Known for "Booksmart," "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" & "Lady Bird"

Full Time Artist at Chinaka Hodge, Inc; Poet, Filmmaker, Playwright

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Spoken Word Artist & Activist

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

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Producer of "13 Reasons Why," Playwright, lyricist, and theatre director known best for writing the musical "Next to Normal"

Actor Known for Playing Kylo Ren in "Star Wars" Films & Adam Sackler on HBO's "Girls"

President of "Bravelife Films" & Actor Best Known for His Roles in "Power", "Sorry to Bother You" & "For Colored Girls"

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Academy Award-nominated British Actor; Known for Critically Acclaimed Films "The Talented Mr. Ripley" & "Sherlock Holmes"

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Film Director, Writer & Actor

Writer, Activist & Author