Poverty Speakers

Corporate Leadership & Culture Expert; Former NFL Football Player; Entrepreneur, Author, and Life Coach

Community Leader; Education Advocate; CEO of Alvarado Construction & National Women's Hall of Famer; First Latino Owner of a Major League Baseball Team

Inspirational Speaker, Educator, Business Consultant & NYT Bestselling Author

Founder, CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Applied Brain Science & Resiliency Expert; Educational Consultant; Author of "The Education Revolution" & "The Poverty Problem"

Latina Tech Venture Capitalist & Community Driven Investor; Sales Expert; General Partner at Ganas Ventures

Educator & Literacy Researcher; Professor of Literacy, Language & Culture, & Education at the University of Michigan; Advocate for Literacy for Children in Poverty

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

Broadcast Journalist & Media Entrepreneur; Host of "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien"; Chairwoman of Starfish Media Group

Urban Revitalization Strategist & Real Estate Developer; Founder of Sustainable South Bronx; Author of "Reclaiming Your Community"; MacArthur Fellow

Veteran Congressional Leader & Policy Advisor; Senior Policy Advisor at DLA Piper; CNN Political Analyst

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

Community Organizer, Addiction Recovery Advocate & Founder of the Voices Project; Author of "Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America's Failed War on Drugs"

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

NFL Veteran, Singer & LGBTQ Role Model; Author of "Alone in the Trenches"

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

Co-Authors of "Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love"

Author on Gender, Race & Ethnicity; Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies & Sociology at Kenyon College

Emmy-Nominated Host, Writer & Podcaster; Author, "How To Be Black"

Bestselling Author, Serial Entrepreneur & Former Foster Youth; Chief Communications Officer at Redefining Normal