Roosevelt Montás

Senior Lecturer in the Center for American Studies at Columbia University

Dr. Mike Magee

President of Positive Medicine, Inc., Health Journalist & Author

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Robert Lo Bue

Director of the Visions Theatre Play on Addiction and Recovery President of Visions Recovery, Inc.

Kate Gerson

Chief Executive Officer of UnboundEd

Joseph Luzzi

Cultural Commentator, Writer & Professor

Moustafa Bayoumi

Journalist & Author of "How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America"

Quiara Hudes

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Known for "In The Heights;" Author Known for "My Broken Language"

Michael S. Roth

President of Wesleyan University & Author of "Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters"

Linda Greenhouse

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist; Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School

Dr. Elizabeth Norman

Professor of Humanities at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; Author, "WOMEN AT WAR: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam 1965-1973"

Alison Chernick

Grammy Nominated Film Director

Sara Mearns

Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet & Mental Health Advocate

Review: Alexei Ratmansky Unleashes the Pain of War at City Ballet

Staceyann Chin

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Edward Tenner

Smithsonian Institution Distinguished Scholar & Author of "Why Things Bite Back" and "Our Own Devices"

Marc Brown

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo

Mixed Media Artist, Ted Senior Fellow

Meredith Monk

Composer, Singer, Director & Choreographer

Johanna Fernández

Historian, Activist, Abolitionist & Author of "The Young Lords: A Radical History"

Dennis Febo

Educational Speaker on Consciousness, Identity, Cultural Understanding and Community Involvement