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

Alice Walker

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

George Takei

Actor, Social Justice Activist & Social Media Mega-Power

Peter Diamandis

Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation; Author; Named One of The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

Bonnie Garmus

Author Known for her Debut Novel, 'Lessons in Chemistry'

N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

Samantha Irby

Essayist and New York Times Best Selling Author

Quietly Hostile: Essays

Tyler Oakley

YouTube Personality & New York Times Bestselling Author; LGBTQ+ Youth Advocate

Dr. Tererai Trent

Internationally Recognized Voices for Quality Education and Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

Pranav Mistry

Computer Scientist & Inventor

Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders

Former Surgeon General of the United States

Tonya Lewis Lee

Author, Producer, Filmmaker & Entrepreneur; Women's Health Activist

Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis

Leroy Chiao

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

Malaak Compton

Activist & Philanthropist

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D.

Award-Winning Associate Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Ruby Bridges

Civil Rights Activist & First African-American Child to Integrate a White Southern Elementary School

Leland Melvin

Engineer, Former NASA Astronaut & Former NFL Wide Receiver

Michelle Kim

Actress, Producer, Writer & Founder of Hapaness Media

Kevin Clash

Puppeteer and Voice of Elmo, Writer and Director

Charles S. Dutton

Actor & Director Known for "Roc" and "The Piano Lesson"

Michelle Rhee

Founder of StudentsFirst & Education Reform Advocate; Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Sean Stephenson

Therapist, Motivational Speaker, and Self-Help Author, "How You(th) Can Succeed!" "Get Off Your 'But'"

Dr. Myron Rolle

Former NFL Player, Neurosurgeon & Rhodes Scholar

Cristina Saralegui

Journalist, Actress, Author & TV Personality; Best Known for "The Cristina Show"

David Moinina Sengeh

Minister Of Basic and Senior Secondary Education & Chief Innovation Officer for the Government of Sierra Leone

Michael Oher

Founder of Oher Foundation for Disadvantaged Youth; Former NFL Player for Baltimore Ravens, Tennessee Titans & Carolina Panthers; Super Bowl 47 Champion; Story Told in Movie "The Blind Side"

Rachel Simmons

Internationally Recognized Educator & Best-Selling Author

Dr. LaTanya White

Racial Equity Strategist, Founder of Concept Creative Group & TEDx Speaker