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Mental Health Advocate, Olympic Gold Medalist & Former WNBA Player

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Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

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Chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys, Retired NFL Fullback

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Communication Expert, Author, Thought Leader, Award-Winning Actor & Founder of SpeakEtc.

ARK Law Libraries Conference Keynote

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TV Personality, Lawyer, Author, & Former Arbitrator on "Divorce Court"

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Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Keith Beauchamp

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker

Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Minna Salami

Writer, Lecturer, Feminist, Gender Equality Activist & Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

Eric Hutcherson

Chief People & Inclusion Officer, Universal Music Group; Former Chief Human Resources Officer, National Basketball Association

A'Lelia Bundles

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

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Co-Founder of PREMME & Body Positivity Blogger

Stanley Nelson Jr.

Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Known for "Freedom Summer" and "Attica"

Hope Giselle

National Organizer, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist & Trans Activist

Arthur Garrison

Professor, Scholar & Author on Criminal Justice History and Black Incarceration in America

Joshua Dodds

DEI Professional & Professor

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Amiyah Scott

Actress, Model, Author & LGBTQ Advocate

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Design Director & Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

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Award-Winning Journalist & Author

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Yasmin Benoit

British Model, Award-Winning Asexual Activist, Writer, Speaker & Project Consultant

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Queer Culture Historian; 2022 TED Global Visionary; Award-Winning Journalist & Writer

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Khalia Collier

Entrepreneur, Community Activist, Owner & General Manager of St. Louis Surge Professional Basketball Franchise

Michael Arceneaux

Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"

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Roland Warren

President & CEO of Care Net; Former President of National Fatherhood Initiative

Unplanned Pregnancies, Fatherhood, & Strengthening Families

Natalie Cofield

Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Changemaker; Former President of the Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce

Cullen Jones

Former Four-Time Olympic Medalist & World Record-Holding Swimmer

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Senior Director of Government Relations at Visa; Co-Founder of We Said Enough