Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Roxy Azari

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Masiela Lusha

Actress, Author, and Philanthropist

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Kate White

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

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

Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

Kobi Yamada

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

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.

Lorna Dee Cervantes

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

Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine.

Bart Knols

Scientist, Author, Entrepreneur

Yangsze Choo

New York Best-Selling Novelist of "The Ghost Bride" & "The Night Tiger"

Sahar Delijani

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Etan Thomas

Former NBA Player & Poet

Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Al Letson

Peabody Award-Winning Radio Host, Spoken Word Artist, Playwright

Vanessa "The Hebrew Mamita" Hidary

Actress / Performer / Writer / Director

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Toni Blackman

First US Hip Hop Ambassador, Rapper & Mindfulness Educator

Toni Blackman A Dove Real Woman Role Model - DOVE Real Beauty Campaign

Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Award-Winning Author & Poet; Founder of Cedar Tree

Ashley Hope Pérez

Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

Banned Book Author Ashley Pérez

Melissa Baron

Author of "Twice in a Lifetime"

Robin Ess

Spoken Word Artist, Visual & Performing Artist, Community Activist & Columnist

Muffy Mendoza

Author & Founder of Brown Mamas

Leah Scheier, MD

Novelist & Pediatrician

Glory Edim

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl