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Kimberly Bryant

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

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Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unthink"

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3-Time WNBA MVP & Olympic Gold Medalist

Anna Deavere Smith

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Phylicia Rashad

Actress, Dean of Fine Arts at Howard University, Advocate for Children, Women's Issues & Fine Arts

Paul Orfalea

Founder of Kinko's

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Dr. Will Miller

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