Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Erin Gruwell

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

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist, Media Consultant & Author

Donna Brazile

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

Cynthia Lowen

Filmmaker of Bully & Poet

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

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

Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

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

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch

U.S. Army Veteran & Author

Cheryl Brown Henderson

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

Patricia J. Williams

Columnist & Law Professor

Judge Cristina Perez

Lawyer, Judge "Cristina’s Court," Community Activist

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Civil Rights Activist

Linda Ellerbee

Award-Winning Journalist & Television Producer; Breast Cancer Survivor

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Azure Antoinette

CEO, Commissioned Poet & Author, Millennial Advocate

Justine Simmons

Motivator & Philanthropist

Carolyn Jessop

Polygamist Survivor & Author of "Escape"

Janine Turner

Actress, Author & Radio Host; Columnist for the Washington Times

Lesra Martin

Attorney / Literacy Advocate

Farai Chideya

Multimedia Journalist & Commentator

Iris Krasnow

Best-Selling Author & Relationship Expert

Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty

Justice Alan Page

Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice & Former Professional Football Player

Tony Plana

Actor & Director Known for "Ugly Betty;" Supporter of Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Advocate for Alzheimer's Disease

Shoshana Johnson

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History & Author of "I’m Still Standing"