KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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"

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Environmental Activist & Author; Climate Justice, Renewable Energy & Sustainability Advocate; Executive Director of "Honor the Earth"

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

Philanthropy & Social Justice Leader; Native Business Enterprise Innovator; Executive Director at Seeding Justice;

Native Author, Speaker, Storyteller & Musician; Lawyer Specializing in Work With Tribal Bars & Native Communities

Cultural Specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian & Writer at Smithsonian Magazine

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author Known for "The Color Purple"; Social Justice Activist

Second Native American to Win an Olympic Gold Medal; Co-Founder & National Spokesperson for Running Strong for American Indian Youth

University Professor of Social Policy, Law & Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies & David R. Pokross Professor of Law & Social Policy at Brandeis University

Indigenous Award-Winning Author of "Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption"

Scholar & Activist; Distinguished Professor Emerita at UC Santa Cruz; Author of "Are Prisons Obsolete?"; Founding Member of Critical Resistance

Academy-Nominated Actress, Emmy-Nominated Choreographer, Author & Activist

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide" and "Facing The Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation"; Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

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

Indigenous Climate & Community Activist; Hip-Hop Artist; Author of "Imaginary Borders"

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

Award-Winning TV & Radio Investigative Journalist; Bestselling Author of "Unbroken"; Advocate for Indigenous Women & Girls

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Author of "Unapologetic"; Founder of BYP100; Director of Film "The Funnel"