Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Ed Begley Jr.

Environmental Activist & Emmy Award-Nominated Actor

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Rita Dove

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

Catherine Crier

Acclaimed Author, Former Judge, Award-Winning Journalist & Television Broadcaster

Wade Davis

Anthropologist, Explorer and Photographer; Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society

Peter Hanson

Leading Authority on Stress Management and the Author of Stress for Success

Barbara De Angelis

Renowned Relationship and Personal Development Expert

Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Suheir Hammad

Palestinian-American Poet & Playwright

Denis Waitley

The Most-Listened-To Voice on Personal and Career Achievement

Erica Jong

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

Saul Williams

Spoken Word Artist

Toni Blackman

First US Hip Hop Ambassador, Rapper & Mindfulness Educator

Toni Blackman A Dove Real Woman Role Model - DOVE Real Beauty Campaign

Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate for Literature; International Best-Selling Author

Sara Benincasa

Mental Health Writer, Author of “Agorafabulous” & “Real Artists Have Day Jobs”

Craig Clevenger

Contemporary Fiction Author

Marge Piercy

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

John Leland

New York Times Reporter & Author of "Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old"

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Author, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy and Something More

Peter Lemon

One of the Oldest Surviving Recipients of our Nation's Highest Award, the Congressional Medal of Honor

Sean Carasso

Humanitarian and Founder of Falling Whistles

Robin Morgan

Award-Winning Poet, Author, Activist & Leader of Contemporary US Feminism

Mayda Del Valle

Acclaimed Poet and Spoken Word Artist

Jill Bialosky

New York Times Bestselling Memoirist, Acclaimed Poet, Novelist & Editor

Kine Corder

Kine Corder is an Author and Speaker that helps people simplify their financial lives and feel more confident about their financial future.

Phil Kaye

Word Poet

Eula Biss

Nonfiction Writer, Essayist, Critic, National Book Critic Circle Award, Author of On Immunity: An Innoculation

Charity Blackwell

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Practitioner, Spoken Word Artist & Host/Emcee