Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

Ruha Benjamin - Spelman Convocation 2024

Ashlyn Harris

Goalkeeper for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team; FIFA Women's World Cup Champion

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

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"

Charles Payne

Founder, CEO and Chief Analyst of Wall Street Strategies; FOX News Contributor.

Elena Delle Donne

WNBA All-Star for Washington Mystics; Olympic Gold Medalist; Special Olympics Global Ambassador

Deborah E. Lipstadt

Professor of Modern Jewish & Holocaust Studies at Emory University

Kai-Fu Lee

Founder, Chairman & CEO of Sinovation Ventures

Danny Trejo

Actor, Author, Activist & Restaurateur; Recovery & Intervention Counselor for Troubled Youth

Avan Jogia

Actor Known for "Victorious," "Twisted" & "Tut"; Author & LGBTQ+ Activist

Ayesha Khanna

Artificial Intelligence Solutions Expert; Leading Advisor on Our Intelligent Future; Co-Founder & CEO of Addo

Ori Brafman

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Katori Hall

Playwright, Journalist & Actress

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Notah Begay

Professional Golfer, Golf Analyst

Grace Park

Actress Known for Her Roles in "Hawaii Five-O" & "A Million Little Things"

Jennifer Brown

CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting, Author, Leading Diversity & Inclusion Expert

Jenna Ushkowitz

Tony Award Winning Actress & Producer; Known for her Role as Tina Cohen-Chang on "Glee"

Jenna Ushkowitz on Glee, fame, her 2 Tonys + directorial debut

Olympia LePoint

Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Author, TED Speaker & Artificial Intelligence Ethics Professor

Olympia LePoint Science News

Glenn Loury

Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences & Professor of Economics at Brown University

Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

Mary-Frances Winters

Diversity & Inclusion Expert, Author of "Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging across Differences" & "We Can't Talk About That at Work!"

We Can't Talk about That at Work! Second Edition: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Pol...

Jody Thompson

Future of Work Thought Leader & Authority on Creating High Performing Work Cultures & CEO of 'CultureRx'

MC Lyte

Queen of Hip-Hop who Supports Worthy Causes such as AIDS Awareness, Anti-Violence & Rock-the-Vote

Michelle Kim

Actress, Producer, Writer & Founder of Hapaness Media

Nonny de la Peña

Founder & CEO of Emblematic Group; Known as "The Godmother of Virtual Reality"

Jonathan McReynolds

Gospel Artist

Toby Cosgrove

Executive Advisor & Former CEO & President at Cleveland Clinic

Sage Steele

Former ESPN Anchor Known for Hosting "SportsCenter"

Aparna Nancherla

Comedian, Writer & Actress Known for "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell"

Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

Warsan Shire

Award-Winning Poet' Displacement & Belonging Advocate; Author of "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth"