Stedman Graham

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

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Erin Gruwell

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

Sampson Davis, M.D.

E.R. Physician, Inspirational Speaker, Bestselling Author & TV Personality

Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant

Founder of The Empowerment Temple

Linda Chavez

Political Commentator, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity & Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center

Mickey Edwards

Professor, Princeton University; Author, "The Parties Versus the People"; Former US Congressman

Maria Echaveste

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton, Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Francis Chan

Pastor & Best-Selling Author; Best Known for "Crazy Love" and "Letters to the Church"

Ericka Dunlap

Miss America 2004 & International Speaker on Diversity; Award-Winning Public Relations Strategist

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch

U.S. Army Veteran & Author

Cullen Jones

Former Four-Time Olympic Medalist & World Record-Holding Swimmer

Lester Holt

Anchor of NBC's "Nightly News" & Managing Editor and Hosting Dateline NBC

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Rita Dove

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

Jose Garces

Iron Chef, Food Network Personality & Founder of Garces Group

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Kat Carney

Former Health News Anchor, CNN Headline News

David Horowitz

Nationally Known Author & Lifelong Civil Rights Activist, One of the Founders of the New Left

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Gail Harris

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

Lorena Garcia

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Host

Randy Cohen

Writer, Known for "The Ethicist"

Tamika Catchings

Former Forward for the WNBA's Indiana Fever, Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist

Catch a Star: Shining through Adversity to Become a Champion

Helene D. Gayle

Former CEO of The Chicago Community Trust; 11th President of Spelman College; Expert on Global Development, Humanitarian & Health Issues

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Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Mitch Gaylord

Olympic Gold Medal Winner, Speaker, Actor & Multi-Gym Owner

Linda Cohn

Host, ESPN "SportsCenter"; NSMA Hall of Fame Sportscaster

Suheir Hammad

Palestinian-American Poet & Playwright

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