Elisa Fortise Christensen

Author, Poet & Motivational Speaker

Propaganda

Poet, Political Activist, Academic & Emcee

Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Non-Conforming Writer, Performance Artist, LGBTQ Rights Activist

Imani McGee-Stafford

WNBA Player, Mental Health Advocate, Poet & Self-Described Unicorn

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Writer, Spoken Word Artist, Activist & Cultural Strategist

Amanda Gorman

Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Denice Frohman

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Activist

Tamekia MizLadi Smith

Spoken Word Artist, Known as "The Singing Speaking Poet"

Alexandra Elle

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Aisha Fukushima

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Amal Kassir

Syrian-American Muslim Storytelling Activist & Poet

Cleo Wade

Artist, Poet & Author

Rupi Kaur

Writer, Artist & Bestselling Author of "Milk and Honey"

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

M. NourbeSe Philip

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Ross Gay

American Poet and Professor; Finalist for National Book Award

David Katz

Nutritionist and Founding Director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University

aja monet

Award-Winning Performance Poet, Educator, Social Justice Activist, Lyricist & Vocalist

Benjamín Alire Sáenz

Novelist, Poet & Children's Book Author Known for "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

Natalie Diaz

Award-Winning Native American Poet & Author of "When My Brother Was an Aztec"

Andrea Gibson

Poet & Activist

The Madness Vase

Robin Morgan

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

Roberto C. Candelaria

#1 Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Coach

Giani C.

Texas Hypnotist, Mentalist, Guest Speaker

Marge Piercy

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Joie Rasberry

Global Orator, Award-Winning Celebrity Speech Coach, Magazine Journalist, Public Affairs Radio Co-Host, Spoken Word Artist & CEO of Rasberry Institute

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Rita Dove

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