Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Christine Michel Carter

Bestselling Author; Women Empowerment, Mental Health & Working Parents Advocate; #1 Global Voice For Working Moms

Ellen McGirt

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

How to Future Proof Your Career | Tammy Franklin & Ellen McGirt

Shawn Harper

Former NFL Football Player, Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Liz Dozier

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

Jamira Burley

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Aprille Ericsson

Rocket Scientist, Technologist & STEM Educator

Neal Petersen

History-Making Extreme Adventurer, Award-Winning Author & Global Investor

Kristie Kennedy

Women's Worth & Wellness Expert, TEDx Audacious Leadership Transformational Speaker

LZ Granderson

CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights

Coach Ken Carter

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

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

Wesley Hamilton

Motivational Speaker; Mental & Physical Health Advocate for Overcoming Adversity; Executive Director of Disabled But Not Really (DBNR); Featured on Queer Eye

Shoshana Johnson

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

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Viola Llewellyn

Co-Founder & President of Ovamba Solutions; Leader in FinTech and Advocate for Diversity & Equality

Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Clayborne Carson

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute