Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Mohsin Hamid

Author, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia"

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Damon Young

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Naima Coster

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

David Whyte

Poet, Author, Naturalist & Organizational Thinker

Jeff Hobbs

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

Roxy Azari

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Masiela Lusha

Actress, Author, and Philanthropist

Azure Antoinette

CEO, Commissioned Poet & Author, Millennial Advocate

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Erin Gruwell

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

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

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

Zakiya Dalila Harris

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Other Black Girl"

Peter H. Reynolds

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision

Deanna Singh

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Wendy Calhoun

Writer & Executive Producer

Kobi Yamada

Children's Book Author; President & CEO at Compendium Inc.

Alexandra Elle

Author & Wellness Consultant

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Faith Ringgold

Civil Rights Activist, Women's Right Activist, Author, Educator & Painter

Artist Faith Ringgold’s life’s work celebrated in New York exhibit

Bonafide Rojas

Bonafide Rojas is the author of “Renovatio, When The City Sleeps & Pelo Bueno” & is the founder of Grand Concourse Press.

Quiara Hudes

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

Lorna Dee Cervantes

Award-Winning Voice in Chicana Literature, Feminist & Activist Poet

Jennifer Pharr Davis

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Outdoor School: Hiking and Camping: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide