Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

Linda Sarsour

Award-Winning Racial Justice & Civil Rights Activist; Community Organizer

Sally Kohn

Founder and CEO of Movement Vision Lab; Liberal Political Columnist, Commentator & Community Organizer

Sophie Santos

2022 Lambda Literary Award Winner, Comedian, Writer, Actor & Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Sophie Santos' New Love

Heather Booth

American Civil Rights Activist, Feminist & Political Strategist

Jamilah Lemieux

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Devita Davison

Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit, Food Justice, Community Representation & Sustainability Advocate

Dr. Ebony Butler

Licensed Psychologist; Food Relationship Strategist; Trauma Expert & Podcast Host

Rosa Clemente

Community Organizer, Journalist, Political Activist, President & Founder of Know Thy Self Productions

Spirit Tawfiq

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

David E. Hull-Watters

Inclusion, Learning & Development Specialist

Erika Andiola

Chief Advocacy Officer of RAICES & DREAMer

Nicholas Pratley

Mental, Emotional and Well-Being Expert, Licensed NLP Therapist, Motivational, Social & Emotional Intelligence Trainer, Wellness Advocate & Creator of Luminous Energetics

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Allison Mahoney

Social Justice Lawyer; Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence Awareness Advocate; Storyteller, Writer, and Founder of the Estorie Agency

Jeffrey Marsh

Nonbinary, Genderfluid Author of “How To Be You”

Gavin Grimm

Transgender Activist; National Face of Transgender Student Rights

Elliot Fletcher

Actor & Trans Activist Known for "Faking It," "The Fosters" & "Shameless"

Keith Beauchamp

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker

Kedra Newsom Reeves

Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Center for Illinois’ Future Board Member & DEI Advocate

Arthur Garrison

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

Kate Bornstein

Author, Playwright, Trans Trailblazer, Performance Artist & Gender Theorist

Deanna Van Buren

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

Ellis Cose

Award-Winning Journalist & Author

Yasmin Benoit

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

Gabes Torres

Artist, Theologian, Psychotherapist & Human Rights Activist

Erin O'Flaherty

Miss Missouri 2016; First Openly Gay Miss America Contestant

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

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

Francesco Clark

Author, Founder/CEO of Clark’s Botanicals Skincare, LGBTQ & Disability Advocate