Najwa Zebian

Activist, Author, Poet & Educator

The Only Constant: A Guide to Embracing Change and Leading an Authentic Life

Alyesha Wise

Writer, Poet & Educator; Co-Founder of Spoken Literature Art Movement

Shawna Kay Rodenberg

Author

Peter Kahn

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Mykki Blanco

Transgender Activist, Rapper & Performance Artist

Paulette Jiles

American Poet, Memoirist & Novelist

Cheryl Reibel

Author of "Resilience: Amazing Courageous Stories of Young Holocaust Survivors"

Deborah Kay Davies

Author

Graham Swift

Author

Gabriela Garcia Medina

Poet and Film director

Joan 'Lyric' Leslie

Author, Slam poet, Back-to-back Queen of the South Poetry Slam Champion

Patricia Frazier

National Youth Poet Laureate, Filmmaker & Activist

Kara Jackson

National Youth Poet Laureate, Musician & Activist

Meera Dasgupta

National Youth Poet Laureate & Activist

Michael Levy

Author, Poet, Philosopher & Talk Show Host

Gabriela Garcia

Author of "Of Women and Salt"

Twana Lawler

AIDS Survivor, Poet, Author, Motivational Speaker, Songwriter, Freelance Writer, Playwright & Screenwriter

Sandy Shugart

President and CEO at Valencia College

Regan de Loggans

Activist, Art Historian, Curator, Educator & Founding Member of the Indigenous Womxn’s Collective: NYC

Olympia Sudan

Poet, Healer, Multimedia Artist, Strategist, Pop-Culture Crtitic & Facilitator

Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey

Ghanaian Poet, Author, Literary Critic, Media Practitioner & Activist

Rollin Jewett

Award-winning Author, Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet & Actor

Brandon Leake

Award-Winning Spoken Word Poet & Artistic Educator

Ahlam Bolooki

Festival Director of Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

Amena Brown

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & Author

Poet Ali

Communications Expert, Catalyst Human Connection, Soulosopher & Founder of The Poet Society

Gabes Torres

Artist, Theologian, Psychotherapist & Human Rights Activist

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