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

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UN Advisor on AI, CEO of AI for the People & Fellow at Stanford

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

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

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

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Diana Jordan

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Eleanor Clift

Author; Washington Correspondent & The Daily Beast Columnist; Former "The McLaughlin Group" Panelist

Sean Sherman

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Linda Chavez

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Terry Bowden

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Erica Jong

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Ellis Cose

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