Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Sophie Santos

2022 Lambda Literary Award Winner, Comedian, Writer, Actor & Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Sophie Santos' New Love

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Stan Walker

Advocate for Te Ao Māori, Christian Music Artist & Author of "Impossible: My Story"

Erica Jong

Feminist, Social Critic, Poet & Author of "Fear of Dying"

Katrina Ayres

Author, Classroom Management Specialist, Teacher Trainer

MK Asante

Best-selling Author, Award-winning Filmmaker, Recording Artist & Professor

Beautiful. And Ugly Too

Nicole Chung

Author of "All You Can Ever Know;" Contributing Writer for The Atlantic; Asian-American Activist

Andrew Bridge

Children's Rights Advocate, Expert on Foster Care, NYT Best-Selling Author & Cancer Survivor

Robin Ess

Spoken Word Artist, Visual & Performing Artist, Community Activist & Columnist

Laurie Rubin

Highly-Acclaimed Blind Mezzo-Soprano Opera Singer

Amanda Knox

Writer & Activist Wrongfully Convicted of Murder in Perugia, Italy; Inspiration Behind the Netflix Documentary "Amanda Knox" & Host of "The Scarlet Letter Reports"

Adrienne Brodeur

Award-Winning Editor & Author; Executive Director of Aspen Words; Best Known for her Memoir "Wild Game"

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me

Susan Devan Harness

Indigenous Award-Winning Author of "Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption"

Chloé Cooper Jones

Writer, Pulitzer Finalist, Disability Advocate & Author of "Easy Beauty"

Mandy Lemond

Emmy Award Winning Producer, Domestic Violence Survivor, Foster Kid turned Foster-Adoptive Mom, Author of "The Fostered One"

Mimi Lesseos

Award-Winning Action Actress, Former Professional Fighter, Producer & Author

Marge Piercy

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

Mikel Jollett

Musician Known As the Frontman for Indie-Rock Band "The Airborne Toxic Event" & Best-Selling Author of "Hollywood Park"

Brooke Siem

Food Network “Chopped” Champion & Author of "May Cause Side Effects"