KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

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

President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

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

Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate & Author of "The End of White Politics"

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

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

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100