Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

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

Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Hill Harper

Best-Selling Author, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & Actor; Best Known For "CSI: NY" & "The Good Doctor"

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

Jennifer James

Cultural Anthropologist & Expert on Change

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund

Linnda Durre, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist, Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Published Author, Magazine and Newspaper Columnist, TV and Radio Talk Show Host

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

John Wood

Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Microsoft Marketing Executive

Vicki Sanderson

Keynote Speaker, Motivator & Communication Expert

Anita Archer

Educational Consultant, Author of "Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching"

Justice Alan Page

Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice & Former Professional Football Player

Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Lacey Robinson

President & CEO of UnboundEd; Equity Education Advocate & Author of "Justice Seekers"

Footlocker and Fridays

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Edwin De La Rosa

Ph.D. Student, Youth Empowerment Speaker, Motivational Speaker on DEI

Diane Luby Lane

Founder & Executive Director of Get Lit-Words Ignite; Literacy Advocate, Executive Producer & TEDx Speaker

SAMUEL CURTIS, DIANE LUBY LANE

Madi Franquiz

Founder & Director of Authoring Life, Mentor Ambassador for the World Literacy Foundation & Author

Ssanyu Lukoma

Entrepreneur, Author & Founder of Brown Kids Read

Jordan Morrow

"Godfather of Data Literacy" & 2X Data IQ100 Winner; Senior Vice President of Data & AI Transformation at AgileOne

Empowerment Through Data Literacy

Tod Olson

Author of "How to Get Rich" Series

Ross Burach

Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Dr. Brandi Biscoe Kenner

Cognitive Developmental Psychologist, Educator & Nonprofit Organizational Development Guru

Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo

Founders of the Racial Literacy Non-Profit CHOOSE & Authors of "Tell Me Who You Are"

Nancy Frey

Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University

Arik Armstead

NFL Football Player, Humanitarian & Walter Payton Award Nominee

Louka Parry

CEO & Founder of The Learning Future

Maryanne Wolf

Literacy Advocate & Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice

Angel Rich

Founder & CEO of The Wealth Factory