Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Kandice Sumner

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

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Gloria Ladson-Billings

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Spirit Tawfiq

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Nadia Lopez

Founding Principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy; Best-Selling Author; STEAM & Mental Health Advocate

Kristie Kennedy

Women's Worth & Wellness Expert, TEDx Audacious Leadership Transformational Speaker

Robyn Jackson

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Judge J. Machelle Sweeting

Civil Court Judge, Only African American Woman Jurist & Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court

Maya Wiley

President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Lisa Gelobter

Founder & CEO of tEQuitable

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Nontombi Naomi Tutu

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu

Cheryl Brown Henderson

Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence & Research

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Judge Glenda Hatchett

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

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Alaina E. Roberts

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Haley Carolyn Taylor Schlitz

Youth Advocate, Lawyer, Author & Advocate For Education Equity

Bethaney Wilkinson

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Jennifer R. Cohen, PhD

Scientist Turned Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Entrepreneur

Jasmine Crowe-Houston

Founder & CEO at Goodr Co.

Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Aisha Fukushima

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

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Zaretta Hammond

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Tamika D. Mallory

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Jamira Burley

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100