Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Shekinah Elmore

Oncologist; Dedicated to Pursuing Equity & Empathy in Oncology Care

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

Bakari Sellers

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Seth Mattison

Co-Founder & Chief Movement Officer of Luminate Labs, Expert on Workforce Trends and Business Strategy; Author

Seth Mattison 2024 Programming Trailer

Sheila C. Johnson

Entrepreneur, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, President of WNBA's Washington Mystics & Co-Founder of BET

Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph

Dr. Kimberly Harden

Diversity and Inclusion Speaker, Founder & CEO of Harden Consulting Group, LLC, & Author of The Allyship Challenge™

Shantell Thomas

Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

Michael Jordan

Former Professional Basketball Player, Entrepreneur, & Owner and Chairman of the Charlotte Hornets

Sharon Delaney McCloud

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Breast Cancer Survivor; Certified Diversity Executive & Resilience Expert

Sharon Delaney McCloud Speaker Demo - 2024

Dr. Sheila Robinson

Founder of Diversity Woman Media; DEI Expert; Author & Publisher

Richie Parker

Motivational Speaker; NASCAR Engineer Born Without Arms

Cam Newton

American Football Player in the NFL; Former Quarterback for the Carolina Panthers; Heisman Trophy Winner

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

Author of "Leveraging Intersectionality: Seeing and Not Seeing" and Professor at North Carolina State University

Eduardo Bonilla Silva

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Adrienne Fikes, M.Ed., C.S.C.

Soul Power Coach and creator of the "Sort Out Your Life in 30 Seconds with Soul Power Challenge"

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Matthew Schwab

Down Syndrome Advocate

Mark Anthony Neal

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

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters