Malkia Cyril

Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) & Co-Founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network

Joel A. Davis Brown

Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos, Organizational Development Strategist, Global Inclusion Practitioner, Adjunct Professor, Poet & Storyteller

Nancy Stolfo-Corti

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Writer, Scholar, Poet, Activist & Educator

Suzanne S. Rancourt

Indigenous Author, Poet & USMC Veteran

Hoda Khamosh

Women's Rights Activist, Journalist, & Campaigner; Raising Awareness to Female Health in Afghanistan

Judith Arcana

Writer, Poet & Reproductive Rights Advocate

Maya Washington

Filmmaker, Actress, Writer, Poet, Creative Director & Arts Educator

Joan 'Lyric' Leslie

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

Dawn Lundy Martin

Award Winning Poet, Critic, Essayist, Conceptual Video Artist & Performer

Aku Kadogo

Theater Director, Choreographer, Educator & Cultural Arts Preservationist

Ana Castillo

Chicana Author, Essayist & Poet

Diamond Stingily

Artist Focused on Racial and Feminine Identities

Vicki Rox

Founder of LOVE COIN & Speaker on Modern Masculinity

Fatimah Asghar

Poet, Screenwriter, Educator, Performer. Co-Creator of Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series

Eavan Boland

Irish Poet & Author; Professor at Stanford University

Deborah Levy

British Playwright, Novelist & Poet

Mahogany L. Browne

Spoken Word Poet, Author & Activist Whose Experiences With Racism, Sexism and Addiction Inspire Her Work

Carole Boston Weatherford

New York Times Best-Selling Author and Prize-Winning Poet

Marilyn Hacker

Distinguished Poet and Translator National Book Award Winner