Fernando Bermudez

Exoneree, Public Speaker & Wrongful Conviction Advocate

Ron Ben-Israel

Former host of "Sweet Genius" on the Food Network

Sarah Schulman

American Novelist, Historian, Playwright and Lesbian Activist

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Grandmaster Flash

Founding Father of Hip Hop and DJing

GrandMaster Flash pioneer of hip hop lecture and demonstration ...

Lawrence Otis Graham

Attorney, Princeton-Harvard Law, NYT Bestselling Author 14 books on Race & Class

Miguel Algarin

Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Marla Hanson

National Victims' Center spokesperson & victims' rights advocate

Moises Kaufman

Venezuelan Theater Director, Filmmaker & Playwright; Founder of Tectonic Theater Project

Ti-Hua Chang

Peabody & Emmy-award winning reporter

Ras Baraka

Mayor of Newark

Jacque Reid

NBC News Host & TV Personality

Gina Yashere

Stand up comedian, & British Correspondent on The Daily Show

Adnan Virk

First Muslim Sports Anchor at ESPN

Tanisha Thomas

Tanisha Thomas was first introduced to American TV viewers as a brash Brooklynite on Oxygen’s The Bad Girls Club. In 2010, Tanisha will appear on the seventh season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club.

Rikki Klieman

Television Anchor, Legal Analyst, Trial Attorney, Actor & Best-Selling Author

Atoosa Rubenstein

Editor in Chief Seventeen Magazine

Marc Acito

Playwright, Novelist & Humorist

Norah Vincent

Norah Vincent is a freelance journalist by trade.

Harlem Gospel Choir

World Famous Contemporary Gospel Choir