KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Humanitarian, Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Actress, Advocate & Children's Book Author of "Welcome to the Party" and "Shady Baby"

Award-Winning Actress, Best Known for "Barbie"; Producer & Humanitarian

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

Yale Drama Graduate, Tony Nominee, Emmy Award Winner

First Gentleman of Hip Hop, MTV Show Producer, Style Icon

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

Actress Known for "Eve's Bayou," "The Great Debaters" & "True Blood"

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Navy and Marine Corps Veteran; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer & American Ballet Theatre Alum

Actress, Producer, Philanthropist & Entrepreneur; Founder of Overbrook Entertainment; Award-Winning Host of "Red Table Talk"

Actor, Writer & Producer; Host of History Podcast "Here We Go Again"; Former Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Award-Winning News & Investigative Journalist; Anchor & Executive Producer of NPR's "Latino USA"; Author of "Once I Was You"

Tony Award-winning Actress, Grammy-winning Singer, Mental Health Advocate

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Actor, Author, Activist & Restaurateur; Recovery & Intervention Counselor for Troubled Youth

Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Activist & Humanitarian; NYT Bestselling Author of her Memoir "The Beauty of Living Twice"

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