Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Libby Gill

Leadership, Corporate Culture & Change Expert; Executive Coach; Award-Winning Author of "You Unstuck"

Ijeoma Oluo

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Deanna Singh

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

Munroe Bergdorf

Transgender Model, Activist, Broadcaster & British Vogue Contributing Editor

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Dr. Harry Edwards

Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, Civic Activist & Author

Dr. Harry Edwards Discusses Athletes Making An Impact With Their Platforms

Aisha Fukushima

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

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

LZ Granderson

CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights

Cynthia Germanotta

Co-Founder of the Born This Way Foundation with Daughter Lady Gaga; WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health

Cynthia Germanotta - Psych Hub Podcast

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Chella Man

Transgender Model, Activist & Artist

I Always Knew Gender Was Fluid | It Gets Better: Chella Man

Donna Orender

Founder of Generation W, Former President of the WNBA & Author of "WOWsdom!"

Clayborne Carson

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Sophie Santos

2022 Lambda Literary Award Winner, Comedian, Writer, Actor & Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"

Sophie Santos' New Love

Linnda Durre, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist, Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Published Author, Magazine and Newspaper Columnist, TV and Radio Talk Show Host

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Samy Nour Younes Figaredo

Transgender Activist, Actor & TED Resident

Paula McDade

Women's Empowerment & Leadership Speaker, Bestselling Author & Young Women's Mentorship Expert

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Kat Blaque

Transgender Rights Activist; Animator, Illustrator & Youtuber

Kelley Gunter

Best-Selling Author, Mental Health Advocate Addressing Trauma, Addiction & Eating Disorders

PTSD - A Morning Meeting

Helen Zia

Award-Winning Journalist, Author & Activist for Asian American and LGBTQ Rights

Rita Dove

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

April Reign

Creator of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag; Editor of BroadwayBlack.com & NU Tribe Magazine