Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

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Sharon Delaney McCloud

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

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Joe Madison

Civil Rights Activist & American Radio Talk-Show Host Known as “The Black Eagle” on SiriusXM’s Urban View Channel

Roya Mahboob

CEO of Digital Citizen Fund

Juliana Urtubey

2021 National Teacher of the Year

Kim Geddie

Leading Educational & Professional Development Consultant

Suzanne Kianpour

Foreign Affairs & Political Journalist; Host of BBC's "Out of the Shadows" and "Women Building Peace"

Sonia Talati

Family Legacy Coach, Television Personality, Writer, Former Staff Reporter for Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal; Top 15 in Miss California USA 2010 & Former Model

Denice Frohman

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Activist

Charlie Jane Anders

Author of "All the Birds in the Sky"; Co-Host of "Our Opinions Are Correct" Podcast; Commentator

Keira Shae

Best-Selling Author & Poet

Ulrich Boser

Founder & CEO of The Learning Agency, Author of "Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything"

Caroline Adams Miller

Leading Expert on the Science Behind Goal Setting and the Use of ‘Good Grit’ to Achieve Hard Things

Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

Eric Jager

Professor of English at UCLA, Literary Critic & Specialist in Medieval Literature

Carol Tolman

International Literacy Consultant

Maria Reyes

An Original Freedom Writer

Chloé Valdary

TED Speaker, Author, Developer of The Theory of Enchantment

Carlynn Greene

Financial Aid Coach & Student-based speaker

Leoneda Inge

Race & Southern Culture Reporter