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

Judy Collins

Legendary Folk Singer & Activist

Roxy Azari

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Diane Rehm

Radio Talk-Show Host

Bradley R Staats

Professor at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School & Author of "Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive"

Eugenia Cheng

Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Author of "How to Bake Pi"

The joy of abstract mathematical thinking - with Eugenia Cheng

Alex Edmans

Professor of Finance at London Business School & Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance

What is ESG and who is it really for? Alex Edmans

Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

The privilege of perspective ft. Elizabeth Alexander

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Saul Williams

Spoken Word Artist

Dana Gioia

Poet; Former Chairman, National Endowment of the Arts

Felipe Luciano

Poet, Community Activist, Journalist, Media Personality & Politician

Bonafide Rojas

Bonafide Rojas is the author of “Renovatio, When The City Sleeps & Pelo Bueno” & is the founder of Grand Concourse Press.

James Autry

Leadership Expert; Former Fortune 500 Business Executive; Author,Life and Work: A Manager's Search for Meaning

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Vanessa "The Hebrew Mamita" Hidary

Actress / Performer / Writer / Director

Erica Collins

Host Blog Talk Radio's Enterprise, Author, Speaker, Media & Public Relations Consultant, Plus Model/Actress, for. Miss Plus America, fmr. Miss New York Plus America

Diane Luby Lane

Founder & Executive Director of Get Lit-Words Ignite; Literacy Advocate, Executive Producer & TEDx Speaker