Viola Davis

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

Viola Davis on Speaking Up, Challenging Stereotypes

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Lena Waithe

Emmy Award-Winning Screenwriter, Producer & Actress

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Barry Jenkins

Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"

Lady Gaga

Grammy Award-Winning Pop Singer-Songwriter & Award-Winning Actress Known for "A Star is Born" & "Joker: Folie à Deux'; Founder of Haus Labs Cosmetics

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

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...

Jimmy Chin

Climber, Photographer & Filmmaker

Laura Dern

Actress, Director, Producer & Activist

Winston Duke

Actor Known for Marvel's "Black Panther" and "Us"

Nia DaCosta

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

Brad Pitt

Actor, Producer, Philanthropist & Environmental Activist

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Beanie Feldstein

Actress Known for "Booksmart," "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" & "Lady Bird"

Regina King

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Elton John

British Singer-Songwriter Known for "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer" & "Your Song;" Subject of 2019 Biopic "Rocketman"

Shane Bitney Crone

Filmmaker, Writer & LGBTQ Advocate Known for "Bridegroom"

Olivia Colman

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Crown", "The Night Manager" & "The Favourite"