Cornell William Brooks

Former President & CEO of the NAACP; Civil Rights Attorney; Social Justice Activist; Ordained Minister; Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

Lisa Gelobter

Founder & CEO of tEQuitable

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

Author, Speaker & Founder of African American Images

Melba Pattillo Beals

Journalist, Author of "Warriors Don't Cry" & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Loretta Ross

Founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective; Reproductive Justice Activist & Professor

Moustafa Bayoumi

Journalist & Author of "How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America"

Geena Rocero

Transgender Model & Advocate; Founder of Gender Proud

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Kimberly Bryant

Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Richard Rothstein

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Fellow (Emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Mitzi Miller

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

Candice Morgan

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Partner at Google Ventures

Laverne Cox

Award-Winning Transgender Actress, Producer & Equal Rights Advocate

T.J. Holmes

Award-Winning Journalist & National Television Personality

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Camara P. Jones

Expert on the Effects of Racism & Social Inequalities on Health, Senior Fellow at Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Professor

Ange-Marie Hancock

Dean’s Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science & International Relations at USC; Director of USC Dornsife Center for Leadership by Women of Color

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Earvin “Magic” Johnson

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker

Common

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self

Montel Williams

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Julianne Malveaux

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

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Daymond John

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

Donna Brazile

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

Saira Rao

Co-Founder, Race2Dinner; Co-author of the New York Times Bestseller "White Women"

Chambermaid: A Novel

Michael Harriot

Journalist, Author & Cultural Critic

Boyah J. Farah

Author of "America Made Me A Black Man," Winner of the NPR Best Book of 2022

Isha W. Metzger, Ph.D.

Author of "The CARE Package for Racial Healing;" Expert in Interpersonal Communication, Racial Trauma & Black Youth Development

Arthur Garrison

Professor, Scholar & Author on Criminal Justice History and Black Incarceration in America