Tonea Stewart

Actress; Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Alabama State University

Annette Gordon-Reed

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

Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

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Quiara Hudes

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

Mark Anthony Neal

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

Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Chandra Talpade Mohanty

Distinguished Professor of Women & Gender Studies, Sociology & the Cultural Foundations of Education; Dean's Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University

Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism

John Jackson Jr., PhD

Anthropologist, author, filmmaker

Angela Onwuachi-Willig

Professor of Law

Eduardo Briceño

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Sunni Patterson

Spiritual Musician & Poet

Saki Mafundikwa

Founder & Director of the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Carolina De Robertis

Award-Winning Author Known for "The Invisible Mountain"

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Former Dean at Stanford University & Bestselling Author of "How to Raise an Adult"

Esai Morales

Award-Winning Actor & Activist

Tom Cruise, Esai Morales, Simon Pegg & Cast Talk 'Mission: Impossible

Mia Alvar

Author Best Known For "In the Country: Stories"

Ruha Benjamin

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

Ruha Benjamin - Spelman Convocation 2024

Shelby Steele

Expert on Race Relations

Marsha Jews

Marsha Reeves Jews is a woman with diverse experiences and interests; which has resulted in her ability to relate to a broad and diverse client base, as well as working in a variety of industries. Co-Founder of the 15th Annual Women of Color Technology