Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Deborah S. Esquenazi

Documentary Filmmaker; Known for Peabody Award-Winning Film "Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four"

Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Raymond Santana Jr.

One of the Central Park Five, Filmmaker & Creator of Park Madison NYC Clothing Line

Kevin Richardson

One of the Central Park 5, American Criminal Rights Activist & Businessman

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Erin Gruwell

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

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Keith Beauchamp

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker

Mitch Teemley

Writer, Filmmaker & Humorist; Best Known for his Multi-Award-Winning Feature Films "Healing River" & "Notzilla"

Mitch Teemley On Independent Filmmaking (Excerpts)

Nkechi Taifa

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Sarah Yourgrau

2X Emmy-Winning Storyteller, Social Anthropologist (M.A.) & Founder of Common Ground Studios

Traveling Home | Sarah Yourgrau

Mariah Parker

Rapper, Abolitionist & Former Georgia County Commissioner

Mark Joseph

Award-Winning Music & Film Producer, Author, Columnist, Commentator & Founder of MJM Entertainment Group

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Deeyah Khan

Activist & Emmy Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker, CEO of Production Company Fuuse

Amy Ziering

Producer & Documentary Filmmaker; Known for "The Invisible War" and "The Hunting Ground"

Rob D. Schwartz

Mulit-Award Winning Film Director, Motivational Speaker, International Music and Media Expert

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Shane Bitney Crone

Filmmaker, Writer & LGBTQ Advocate Known for "Bridegroom"

Maya L. Harris

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

Kevin Willmott

Civil Rights Activist, Filmmaker, Commentator and Professor at The University of Kansas

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

What cancer taught me about the nature of love | Joyce Maynard | TEDx

Kurt Andersen

Host of "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" & Author

Twyla Tharp

Choreographer & Creativity Cultivator

Jim Morris

Known for His Brief MLB Career & Subject of Disney's "The Rookie"