Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Kim Stanley Robinson

Bestselling & Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Erica Jong

Feminist, Social Critic, Poet & Author of "Fear of Dying"

Lancelot Schaubert

Novelist of "Bell Hammers," Editor, Performer, Artist Chaplain

Peter H. Reynolds

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

Samantha Irby

Essayist and New York Times Best Selling Author

Quietly Hostile: Essays

Emily Calandrelli

Aerospace Engineer; Host & Producer of FOX's "Xploration Outer Space"

Jeff Hobbs

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

Mary Pope Osborne

Children's Author Known for "The Magic Tree House" Series

Johnnetta Cole

Former Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Dr. K.L. Allen

Veteran, Chancellor WGU Ohio, & Prolific Op-Ed Writer

Mawi Asgedom

Award-winning Author & Expert on Social Emotional Learning

Royel M. Johnson

Associate Professor of Education & Social Work and Co-Chair of the Rossier School of Education PhD Program at the University of Southern California

Erika Hayes James

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

Dr. Erika James talks becoming Wharton School's dean

Karim Abouelnaga

Founder, Practice Makes Perfect

Bob Marzano

Cofounder and CEO of Marzano Research Laboratory in Colorado

Leroy Chiao

Former Astronaut & International Space Station Commander; Commercial Space Flight Pioneer

Joanne McEachen

CEO & Founder of The Learner First

Rafe Esquith

One of America's Most Celebrated Schoolteachers

Billy Bean

Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the MLB & Author of "Going the Other Way"

Stacey Chang

Executive Director of the Design Institute for Health; Professor, Department of Medical Education at University of Texas Austin

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D.

Award-Winning Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Joseph Edwards

International Teaching Artist, Award Winning Actor and Playwright, Reparations Truth and Reconciliation Advocate, Growth Mindset Coach

Lilian Kikuvi

Diversity Evangelist

Jayla Jackson

Scholar, Writer, Poet, Teacher, Activist & Winner of the International Harvard Debate Competition

Gyasi Ross

Native Author, Speaker, Storyteller

Shaun R. Harper

Critical Race Theorist; Gender Studies Scholar

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Bill de la Cruz

Inclusion & Belonging Facilitator; DEI Thought Leader