KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

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

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

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

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

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

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

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

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

Civil Rights Activist & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party