Poverty Speakers

Real Estate Developer; Mayor; US Army Veteran

Emmy-winning Actress, Political Activist, LGBTQ Advocate

Nigerian-American Designer, Urbanist & Spatial Justice Activist; Founder of Studio O; Known for Impacting Marginalized Communities

Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities; Former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia; Visiting Professor at The LBJ School

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant; TED Speaker; Author of "Reclaiming Your Community"

Youngest Muslim Elected Official in the United States; Political & Diversity Activist; Skokie Board of Education

Emmy & Grammy Award-Winning Comedian, Actress & Dancer Known for "Bad Trip," "Black Mitzvah" & "The Afterparty"; Author, "The Last Black Unicorn"

Academy Awarding-Winning Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Moonlight"

3-Time NBA Champion, NBA Ironman, Author & Founder of the A.C. Green Youth Foundation

Politician, Former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania & Political Commentator; Executive Director & Vice President of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of City & Regional Planning & Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Authority on Urban Planning & Housing Policy

Indigenous Climate & Community Activist; Hip-Hop Artist; Author of "Imaginary Borders"

Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center

Community Organizer, Activist, President & Founder of Memphis Community Against Pollution

President of Communication Across Barriers Inc. & Author of "See Poverty, Be The Difference"

Author, Nationally Syndicated Columnist & Founder of CURE

Race & Southern Culture Reporter

Writer, Researcher & Activist