Dr. Frederick V. Engram Jr.

Disruptive DEI Speaker, Professor & Author of “Black Liberation Through Action and Resistance: MOVE”

Lance Freeman

Professor in the Urban Planning Program & the Director of the Doctoral Program in Urban Planning at Columbia University

Dr. Velma Scantlebury

America's First African-American, Female Transplant Surgeon

Mariko Silver

President of the Henry Luce Foundation, Former President of Bennington College

Frank Wu

President of Queens College, City University of New York; Author of "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White"

Crystal Belle

Educator, Poet & Activist

Bonafide Rojas

Bonafide Rojas is the author of “Renovatio, When The City Sleeps & Pelo Bueno” & is the founder of Grand Concourse Press.

Erika Hayes James

Dean, Wharton School of Business; First Black Woman to Lead a Top MBA Program; Expert on Organizational Psychology & Executive Leadership

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Roslyn M. Brock

Chief Equity Officer at Abt Associates, Chairman Emeritus of NAACP, Impactful & Inspiring Faith Leader, Arbiter of Social Impact

Michelle Miller

Award-Winning CBS News Correspondent Based in New York

Tukufu Zuberi

Expert on Race Relations; Host, "PBS History Detectives"; Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania,

Errol L. Pierre

Business Executive, Leadership Coach, Healthcare Strategist, Professor & Writer

Dr. Thomas V. Edwards, Jr.

TEDx Speaker, Author, Neurodivergent Advocate, Chair of the Department of Engineering at Temple University

Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens

Award-Winning Author & Historian

Nicole Dennis-Benn

Award-Winning Author Known for "Here Comes the Sun"

Simran Jeet Singh

Executive Director of the Religion & Society Program at The Aspen Institute; Professor, Writer & Activist

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Paul Binder

Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus, Big Apple Circus

Ainissa Ramirez

Scientist. STEM Advocate. Science Communicator. Author.

Tracey Moore

With only $200, a trunk, a one-way ticket and a dream, Tracey moved from her San Francisco hometown, to the Big Apple - New York City to find her way. 25 years later, she became the most celebrated casting director in New York, an award winning Director a

Immaculée Ilibagiza

Author, "Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust"