KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

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

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Founder of Oher Foundation for Disadvantaged Youth; Former NFL Player for Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans & Carolina Panthers; Super Bowl 47 Champion; Story Told in Movie "The Blind Side"

2019 National Teacher of the Year

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

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Author, Speaker & Founder of African American Images

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

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Former President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); Advocate for STEM Education for African Americans