Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Erin Gruwell

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

Hill Harper

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

Afdhel Aziz

Founder, Conspiracy of Love, B Corp Consultancy Advising Fortune 500 Companies on Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, Employee Engagement & Impact Innovation; Bestselling Author; Inspiring International AAPI Speaker

Tracy Chou

Advocate for Diversity & Inclusion in the Tech Industry; CEO and Founder of Block Party

Tracy Chou - Museum of Chinese in America's 2023 Legacy Awards Gala Honoree

Erin Brockovich

Consumer Advocate, Author, TV Host & Environmental Activist

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Liz Dozier

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

Antoni Porowski

Chef, Model & TV Personality Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"

Ayanna Howard

Pioneering Innovator, Entrepreneur & Inventor of Robotic Technologies & Artificial Intelligence; Dean of the College of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI

Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington

Chief Environmental Research Scientist at Environmental Health Research Associates, LLC.

Stephanie Izard

Celebrity Chef, Author, Winner of "Top Chef" Season 4 & Partner of Three Award-Winning Chicago Restaurants

Aisha Fukushima

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Tan France

Fashion Designer & TV Personality Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"

Karen Palmer

Futurist & Thought Leader Using Immersive AI for Participants to Experience Societal Implications of AI and AI Bias; Award-Winning XR Creator; Winner of SXSW XR Competition 2023

Shoshana Johnson

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History & Author of "I’m Still Standing"

Ruth E. Carter

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Righ...

Danielle Feinberg

Director of Photography at Pixar Animation Studios; STEM Advocate & Supporter of Girls Who Code

Patrice A. Harris

First African-American Woman President of the American Medical Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association & Consultant on Health Service Delivery

Chella Man

Transgender Model, Activist & Artist

I Always Knew Gender Was Fluid | It Gets Better: Chella Man

Joan Michelson

Co-Host of the Electric Ladies Podcast, ESG Consultant, Business Sustainability & Leadership Expert

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Katrina Jones

HR + Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisor, Educator, Coach; CEO & Founder of Advancing Equity & Inclusion

Rudy Ruettiger

Motivational Speaker, Author & Inspiration for the Award-Winning Film "Rudy"

For The Win

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Non-Conforming Writer, Performance Artist, LGBTQ Rights Activist

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Tiki Davis

Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Successful Businessman, Oil & Gas Expert, Actor, Author & Survivor

Why Book Tiki Davis

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"