Criminal Justice Speakers

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

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

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Senior Advisor to Two Historic U.S. Presidential Candidates

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Civil Rights Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer"; Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Award-Winning Educator & Education Policy Leader; National Teacher of the Year; Senior Policy Advisor at Richmond Public Schools

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

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society; Award-Winning Author and Expert on the Interplay of Gender, Race, and Class

Civil Rights Attorney, Author & Media Influencer; Founder of Brooklyn Media

Media & Reality TV Personality, Businesswoman, Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform

New York City Councilman, Member of "The Exonerated Five" & Advocate for Police Reform; Author, "Better, Not Bitter"

Human Rights Activist, Social Impact Strategist & Trainer; Education Champion; Former UN Advisor; Former Executive at Apple and Adidas

Criminal Justice Reform Advocate & Former Chief Judge of Newark Municipal Court; Author of "The Power of Dignity"; Professor at Rutgers Law School

Criminal Justice Reform Advocate & Former NFL Player; Author of "What Set Me Free"

Criminal Justice Advocate, Domestic Violence Survivor & Author, "Poster Child"

Cultural Activist, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Philanthropy Innovator

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Bestselling Author, Scholar Activist

Sterling Professor of History; Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, & Abolition, Yale University

Social Impact Strategist; Founder & CEO at Full Circle Strategies