Alexandra Hudson

Founder of Civic Renaissance & Author of "The Soul of Civility"

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Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

Writer, Creator, Entrepreneur & Business Analyst

My Side of the River: A Memoir

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Silicon Valley Correspondent, NPR; Founder, Families for Freedom; Author, "Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares"; Host of "Art of Power"

Ron Stallworth

Retired Police Officer & Inspiration for "BlacKkKlansman"

The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop’s Crusade in Mormon Country

James Forman Jr.

Professor of Law at Yale Law School: Author of "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America"

Gene Luen Yang

National Ambassador for Young People's Literature & Chinese-American Graphic Novelist

Zach Anner

Award-winning Comedian, Show-Host, Owner of Travel Show, "Rollin' With Zach"

TJ Klune

NYT Bestselling Author of "In the Lives of Puppets," "Under the Whispering Door" & "The House in the Cerulean Sea"

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Marissa Meyer

New York Times Bestselling Author of "The Lunar Chronicles"

Leidy Klotz

Copenhaver Associate Professor at the University of Virginia & Author

Jeanine Cummins

#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author of "American Dirt"

Damon Tweedy

Author of "Black Man in a White Coat, A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine"

Frank Ostaseski

Buddhist Teacher, Author & Leader in the Field of End-of-Life Care

Nicholas Irving

Former Special Operations Direct Action Sniper; Author of "The Reaper"

B Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

Experts on Student Mental Health, Family Relationships & Coauthors of "The Stressed Years of Their Lives"

Mark Siegel

Author, Illustrator, and Founder & Creative and Editorial Director of First Second Books

Leigh Bardugo

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

John Petrocelli

Experimental Social Psychologist at Wake Forest University; Author of "The Life-Changing-Science of Detecting Bullshit"

The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

Robert Burton

Author of A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves"

Kimberly L. Jones

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Amber Rae

Inspirational Speaker, Creative Artist & Best-selling Author

Thomas Frank

American Political Analyst, Historian & Journalist for Harper's Magazine

Will Jawando

Civil Rights Lawyer, Obama White House Alum, and Education Leader

Kerri Arsenault

Book Critic, Contributing Editor at Orion magazine & Author of "Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remain"

John Scalzi

Science Fiction Author, Online Writer, and Former President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

V.E. Schwab

Author Known for Novel, "Vicious," and "A Darker Shade of Magic"

Neville Isdell

Former CEO and Chairman of Coca-Cola

Aiden Thomas

NYT Bestselling Author of "Cemetery Boys"