Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Shannon Miller

Olympic Gold Medalist, Health Advocate & Cancer Survivor

Erin Gruwell

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

Eduardo Briceño

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Amanda Beard

Olympic Gold Medalist, Co-Founder of Beard Swim Co. & Author of New York Times Bestseller "In the Water They Can't See You Cry"

Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Stedman Graham

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Nkechi Taifa

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Cynthia Germanotta

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Cynthia Germanotta - Psych Hub Podcast

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Danielle Feinberg

Director of Photography at Pixar Animation Studios; STEM Advocate & Supporter of Girls Who Code

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Tania Israel

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Michael Eric Dyson

MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The Michael Eric Dyson Show" & Best-Selling Author

Brenda Louise Romero

Award-Winning Game Designer & Developer

Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator