Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Staceyann Chin

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Aisha Fukushima

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Deepak Chopra

Co-Founder of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing

Greg Louganis

4x Olympic Gold Medal Diver; LGBTQ Activist & Author

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Amanda Seales

Poet, Spoken Word Artist & Media Personality Known for HBO's "Insecure;" Anti-Smoking Activist

Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Star Jones

Former Co-Host of "The View", Social Justice & Heart Disease Advocate

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Rita Dove

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

Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Non-Conforming Writer, Performance Artist, LGBTQ Rights Activist

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Amanda Gorman

Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Cleo Wade

Artist, Poet & Author

Catherine Crier

Acclaimed Author, Former Judge, Award-Winning Journalist & Television Broadcaster

Roya Hakakian

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author