Jeannie Mai

Fashion Correspondent Known for "The Real" & "How Do I Look?", Two-Time NAACP Image Awards and Daytime Emmy Award Winner

Stephanie Izard

Celebrity Chef, Author, Winner of "Top Chef" Season 4 & Partner of Three Award-Winning Chicago Restaurants

Simon Doonan

Author, SLATE columnist Creative Ambassador for Barneys New York

Julián Castro

Former Democratic Candidate in the 2020 Presidential Race; Former Mayor of San Antonio & Former Secretary of Housing & Urban Development

Kristi Yamaguchi

Former Olympic Figure Skater, Olympic Gold Medalist & Celebrity Champion of Dancing with the Stars

Mohsin Hamid

Author, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia"

Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Cristela Alonzo

Mexican-American Stand-Up Comedienne, Actress, Writer & Producer; Creator & Star of ABC's "Cristela"

Richard Lapchick

Internationally Recognized Human Rights Activist, Pioneer for Racial Equality

Lauren Maillian

Co-Host of "Quit Your Day Job," Marketing & Branding Expert, Founder of an Award-Winning Wine Brand and Former Model Turned Serial Entrepreneur

Quiara Hudes

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Known for "In The Heights;" Author Known for "My Broken Language"

Hari Kondabolu

Stand-Up Comic, Actor, Filmmaker & Podcast Host

Mayor Aja Brown

Former Mayor, City of Compton

Joanne Lipman

Contributor at CNBC and Journalism Lecturer at Yale University

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Qian Julie Wang

Author of "Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood"

Afua Hirsch

Award-Winning Writer, Broadcaster & Film Maker on Issues of Race and Equality, Co-host of "Enslaved" with Samuel L Jackson

Anna Malaika Tubbs

Author, Advocate, Educator & Scholar

Sarah M. Broom

2019 National Book Award Winner & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D.

Award-Winning Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy

Jemar Tisby

Christian Leader, Historian, Author of "The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism"

Fawn Weaver

CEO of Grant Sidney, Inc., Bestselling Author, Investor & Marriage Advocate; Founder of Happy Wives Club

Dapper Dan

Harlem Fashion Icon, Innovator & New-York Times Best-Selling Author

Tiffany Cross

Co-Founder & Managing Editor of The Beat DC; Host of "Cross Connection" on MSNBC

Austin Channing Brown

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

Joel Kim Booster

Stand-up Comedian & Writer

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Symone Sanders

Former Chief Spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris; Political Strategist & MSNBC Political Commentator

Deshauna Barber

2016 Miss USA, IT Analyst & Army Reserve Officer, Mental & Physical Health Advocate; Vice Chair on the Board Of Directors at Service Women’s Action Network

Ayo Tometi

Human Rights Advocate, Strategist, Writer & Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Movement

Kelvin Yu

Emmy Award-Winning Actor & Writer Known for "Master of None" & "Bob's Burgers"

How Actor and Writer Kelvin Yu Redirected His “Flawed” Hollywood Business Model