Jonathan Perry

Gay Student Activist

Steve Arterburn

Founder & Chairman of New Life Ministries, Host of “New Life Live!” & Founder of the Women of Faith Conferences

John Dau

Sudanese Refugee & Activist

Billy Mills

Second Native American to Win an Olympic Gold Medal & Co-Founder of Running Strong for American Indian Youth

Marshall Brain

Author & Founder of HowStuffWorks

Frank Turek

Award-Winning Author of “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” and “Legislating Morality: Is it Wise? Is it Legal? Is it Possible?"

Clarence Page

Journalist, Syndicated Columnist, & Member of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Jessica Beinecke

Digital Storyteller and Host of "OMG! Meiyu," Fluent in Mandarin

Judith Viorst

Poet, Writer & Children's Author

Dyana Williams

Award-winning broadcast journalist, authority on African-American music and culture with over thirty years of experience in the entertainment business.

Gary Scott

Gary Scott has spent over twenty years of his life climbing and exploring much of the world, including over 30 trips to the Himalayas.

Tukufu Zuberi

Expert on Race Relations; Host, "PBS History Detectives"; Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania,

Richard Baraniuk

Founder and Director of OpenStax, the world's leading publisher of free and open textbooks. Expert in machine learning, especially as applied to education.

Robin Kelley

Professor of African American Studies & Author

Greg Lynn

Architect, Designer, Professor

Jeff Altman

To witness a performance by Jeff Altman is to realize that there are still a few people in show business who desperately need medication.

Michael Tchong

Entrepreneur, Media Guru & Founder of Ubercool

Reed Kroloff

Architectural Critic; Principal of Jones/Kroloff

Dr. Ruth Simmons

President of Prairie View A&M University & Former President Emerita of Brown University

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