Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Cleo Wade

Artist, Poet & Author

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Warsan Shire

Award-Winning Poet' Displacement & Belonging Advocate; Author of "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth"

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Simon T. Bailey

Speaker, Author, Life Coach & Entrepreneur

Abigail Johnson

Contemporary Young Adult Author, Known for "If I Fix You"

Iyanla Vanzant

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Amanda Seales

Poet, Spoken Word Artist & Media Personality Known for HBO's "Insecure;" Anti-Smoking Activist

Tonya Lewis Lee

Author, Producer, Filmmaker & Entrepreneur; Women's Health Activist

Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis

Frans Johansson

Innovation Expert & Author of "The Medici Effect"

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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Bonnie Garmus

Author Known for her Debut Novel, 'Lessons in Chemistry'

Chardelle Moore

Founder & CEO of Motivational Moore, Award-Winning Multidisciplinary Artist, Storyteller, Television Anchor, Poet

Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Non-Conforming Writer, Performance Artist, LGBTQ Rights Activist

Sylvia Acevedo

Engineer, Rocket Scientist & Technology Leader; Inspirational Speaker; Corporate Director at Qualcomm; Former CEO of Girl Scouts USA

How Sylvia Acevedo Defied Barriers to Become Girl Scout CEO

Brent Gleeson

CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, Navy SEAL Combat Veteran & Best-Selling Author

Olaf Groth

Founder & CEO of Cambrian Futures, Business Professor at UC Berkeley & Co-Author of 'Solomon's Code'

Nicole Walters

CEO of Inherit Learning Company & Star of USA Network's “She’s The Boss”

Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

David Heath

Co-Founder & CEO of Bombas

Allen Iverson

Former NBA Professional Basketball Player

Brandi Chastain

Defender on the U.S. Women's 1999 World Cup Champion Soccer Team

John Daly

PGA Professional Golfer

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

Ruha Benjamin - Spelman Convocation 2024

Parmalee

Country Rock Band Known For Singles Like "Carolina" and "Close Your Eyes"

Mariya Yao

Founder of TOPBOTS & Author of "Applied AI: A Handbook For Business Leaders"

Safiya Noble

AI & Algorithmic Discrimination Expert; Associate Professor at UCLA; Researcher on Race, Gender, Technology & Design