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

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Mark Anthony Neal

Author, Cultural Critic, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies

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Star of "Porsha's Family Matters;" Former Cast Member on "Real Housewives of Atlanta;" Owner of GoNaked Hair

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Karimah Westbrook

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Crystal Dunn

World Cup Champion for the U.S. Women's National Team; Founder of NWSL's Black Women's Player Collective

Richard Rothstein

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

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Dwinita Mosby Tyler

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