Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Trevor Stuurman

Award-Winning Visual Artist & Creative Director

Hasan Kwame Jeffries

Author & African American History Professor

Whitney Dodds MA, LMHC, LPC

Founder & CEO of Wellness For the Culture Organization; Workshop Facilitator; Author

Joia Crear-Perry

Doctor, Advocate & Founder and President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative

Myisha T. Hill

Women Empowerment, Mental Health & BIPoC Activist; Author

Swin Cash

Hall-of-Fame Women's Basketball Player; Vice President of Basketball Operations and Team Development for the New Orleans Pelicans

Humble Journey: More Precious Than Gold

Michelle Duster

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

James Bell

Founder & President of the W. Haywood Burns Institute

Léonce Crump Jr.

Founder & Senior Pastor of Renovation Church, Author, Former NFL Player

Robert Finley

Blues & Soul Singer-Songwriter Known for "Age Don't Mean a Thing;" AGT Semi-Finalist

Timon Kyle Durrett

Actor, Producer, Activist Author & Artist

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

Brandon Kyle Goodman

Actor known for "Big Mouth"

D.J. "Shangela" Pierce

Actor, Drag Performer & Co-Host of HBO’s “We’re Here”

Layla Saad

Author, Speaker & Teacher on the Topics of Race, Identity, Leadership, Personal Transformation & Social Change

Austin Channing Brown

Racial Justice Advocate & Bestselling Author of "I'm Still Here"

Brian Tyree Henry

Academy Award-Nominated Actor Known for "Atlanta," "If Beale Street Could Talk" & "Causeway"

Glory Edim

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl

Yodit Tewolde

Nationally Renowned Criminal Defense Attorney & Host on Court TV