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

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Keith L. Brown

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Keith L. Brown

Shayla Rivera

Aerospace Engineer & Former NASA Rocket Scientist

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"

Kylar Broadus

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Xernona Clayton

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

Amali Tower

Climate Displacement, Migration & Refugee Expert; Founder of Climate Refugees

Q&A: Amali Tower on Climate Migration and 'Evolution Earth'

Ellen McGirt

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

How to Future Proof Your Career | Tammy Franklin & Ellen McGirt

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Dr. Jackie Freiberg

Corporate Culture & Leadership Strategist, Best-Selling Author of "Do Something Now"

Liz Dozier

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

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

Jamira Burley

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

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

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Mónica Ramírez

Founder of Justice for Migrant Women; Gender Equity & Workplace Sexual Violence Expert

Linda Sarsour

Award-Winning Racial Justice & Civil Rights Activist; Community Organizer

Aprille Ericsson

Rocket Scientist, Technologist & STEM Educator

Maria Echaveste

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

Leslie Dodson

Reporter & Videographer Covering International Finance, Economics, and Politics

Amber Hikes

Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ACLU

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

LZ Granderson

CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights

Rocky Bleier

Former NFL Football Player, Wounded Vietnam Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient

Sally Kohn

Founder and CEO of Movement Vision Lab; Liberal Political Columnist, Commentator & Community Organizer

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

Shoshana Johnson

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History & Author of "I’m Still Standing"

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