Charles P. Garcia

One of the Nation’s Top Entrepreneurs; Leading Motivational Speaker & Best-Selling Author of "A Message from Garcia"

Marcus Reeves

Cultural Critic, Digital Content Producer at BET.COM, Author of "Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power"

Mayor Ray Nagin

Former Mayor of New Orleans

Karen Elliott House

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Former Managing Editor at The Wall Street Journal & Author of "On Saudi Arabia"

Robin Kelley

Professor of African American Studies & Author

Tourmaline

Artist, Filmmaker & Activist

Theodore R. Johnson

Senior Advisor at New America & Columnist for The Washington Post; United States Navy Veteran

Karenthia A. Barber

CEO, Renowned Thought Leader & Consultant and Strategist, President of Professional Development Associates, LLC.

Rachael Lorenzo

Co-Founder of Indigenous Women Rising

Nova Peris

Australia's First Aboriginal Woman Elected to Federal Parliament & First Aboriginal Athlete to Win an Olympic Gold Medal

Hilda L. Solis

Los Angeles County Supervisor; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor

Clarence Page

Journalist, Syndicated Columnist, & Member of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

Michael Harriot

Journalist, Author & Cultural Critic

Melanie Campbell

President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Civil Rights, Social Justice & Women's Rights Trailblazer

Conrad Tillard

Preacher & Hip-Hop Generation Leader

Che "Rhymefest" Smith

Hip-hop Artist, Writer, Artist, Activist, and Teacher

Asma Khalid

White House Correspondent for NPR & Co-Host of "The NPR Politics Podcast"

Tiffany Cross

Co-Founder & Managing Editor of The Beat DC; Host of "Cross Connection" on MSNBC

Tom DeFrank

Legendary Journalist, Best-selling Author and Contributing Editor to "National Journal"

Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Syndicated Columnist & Author

Ragen Chastain

Speaker, Writer, Researcher & Board Certified Patient Advocate

adrienne maree brown

Author, Women's Rights Activist, Doula & Black Feminist

Latoya Peterson

Owner & Editor, Racialicious

Rajiv Satyal

Stand-Up Comedian & Host

Rajiv Satyal's Hosting Reel (Talk Show + Red Carpet)

Kenny Xu

Writer & Author of "An Inconvenient Minority: The Ivy League Admissions Cases and the Attack on Asian American Excellence"

Charles Kaiser

Award-winning Author & Journalist; Expert on the Media, Politics, the 1960s, and Gay Life in America

Brandan Robertson

LGBT+ author, contemplative activist, political commentator, and speaker working at the intersections of spirituality, sexuality, and social renewal.

Patricia Hill Collins

Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, Social Theorist

Peter Boulware

Former NFL Linebacker

Madhulika Sikka

Vice President and Executive Editor at Crown Publishing & Author of "A Breast Cancer Alphabet"