Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Dave Dravecky

Former Professional Baseball Player; Cancer Survivor, Arm Amputee & Author of "Comeback"

Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant

Founder of The Empowerment Temple

Linda Chavez

Political Commentator, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity & Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center

Rocky Bleier

Former NFL Football Player, Wounded Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient

Roger Crawford

Hall of Fame Athlete; First & Only US Professional Tennis Association Athlete with a Severe Disability

Betty DeGeneres

Mother of Ellen DeGeneres; Advocate for LGBT Civil Rights and Breast Cancer Survivor

Cullen Jones

Former Four-Time Olympic Medalist & World Record-Holding Swimmer

Rulon Gardner

Olympic Gold Medalist Wrestler, 2010 National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee; Bronze Medal Winner at 2004 Athens Olympics, Contestant on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” & Author

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Billy Bean

Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the MLB & Author of "Going the Other Way"

Kat Carney

Former Health News Anchor, CNN Headline News

Mallika Chopra

Founder, Intent.com

David Horowitz

Nationally Known Author & Lifelong Civil Rights Activist, One of the Founders of the New Left

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Lorena Garcia

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Host

Helene D. Gayle

Former CEO of The Chicago Community Trust; 11th President of Spelman College; Expert on Global Development, Humanitarian & Health Issues

Spelman College Celebrates the Inauguration of 11th President Dr. Helene D. Gayle