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Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

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

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

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

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Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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Singer and Tony Award-Winning Actress

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

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Award-Winning Journalist & Author

Keith Beauchamp

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker

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Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

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Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

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Grammy-Winning & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Folk Singer Reclaiming African-American Musical Traditions

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TV Host, Fashion Stylist, Writer & Author of "Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion"

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Harvard-Educated Executive Dealmaker & Billion-Dollar Generator; Resilience Leader & Blind Black Diamond Skier & Author

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Duke Divinity School Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality

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3-Time Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, Executive Coach & Bestselling Author

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Founder of the Oxford Research Group, Three-Time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee & Author

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USA Wheelchair Rugby Head Coach, 2x Paralympic Medalist & Keynote Speaker

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"Godfather of Data Literacy" & 2X Data IQ100 Winner; Senior Vice President of Data & AI Transformation at AgileOne

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6-Time Paralympic Medalist, Bilateral Above-Knee Amputee & Former U.S. Navy SEAL Lt. Commander