Literacy Speakers

Award-Winning Investigative Journalist & Filmmaker

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu

Actor, Producer, Director & Best-Selling Author; Best Known for "Happy Days"

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

President of The Wiseman Group & Best-Selling Author of "Multipliers"

Speaker, Consultant, Photographer, Instructional Designer, Trainer & Educator

Rapper, Record Producer & Actor Known for "Law & Order: SVU"

Musician, Author and TV personality; MTV's "From G's to Gents"

Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice & Former Professional Football Player

Iconic Professional Tennis Player & Olympic Gold Medalist; Activist, Philanthropist & Entrepreneur

Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

Actress, Dean of Fine Arts at Howard University, Advocate for Children, Women's Issues & Fine Arts

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

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

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

Psychotherapist, Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Published Author, Magazine and Newspaper Columnist, TV and Radio Talk Show Host

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

Civil Rights Activist & First African-American Child to Integrate a White Southern Elementary School

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team