Nancy Abudu

Staff Counsel at ACLU Voting Rights Project, Environmental Racism & Justice Activist

Blake Mycoskie

Founder of TOMS, Social Entrepreneur & Author of NY Times Bestseller "Start Something That Matters"

Annette Gordon-Reed

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

Valerie Jarrett

Civic Leader, New York Times Best-Selling Author & Former Senior Advisor to President Obama

Darren Walker

President of the Ford Foundation; Chair of the US Alliance on Impact Investing

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Alexis Ohanian

Co-Founder of Initialized Capital & Co-Founder of Reddit; Entrepreneur, Investor, Activist & Bestselling Author

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Clay Shirky

Expert on New Technology & Social Media, & How They Shape Culture; Professor & Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia & Wikitribune

Bakari Sellers

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator & Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Montel Williams

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

Alice Walker

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

Stephen A. Smith

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"

David Horowitz

Nationally Known Author & Lifelong Civil Rights Activist, One of the Founders of the New Left

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Award-Winning Filmmaker, Literary Scholar, Journalist & Cultural Critic; Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund

Jane Chen

Co-Founder & CEO of Embrace Innovations

LeVar Burton

Literacy Advocate & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Ruby Bridges

Civil Rights Activist & First African-American Child to Integrate a White Southern Elementary School

Donna Brazile

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

Keith Beauchamp

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker

Sherman Alexie

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist, and Performer

Tara Yosso

Professor at UC Riverside, Critical Race Theory & Media Literacy Expert; Known for Her Community Cultural Wealth Framework

Arthur Garrison

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

Tania Israel

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Waikinya Clanton

Impact Strategist, Community Activist, Advocate & Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Amy Spitalnick

CEO of Bend the Arc, Former Executive Director at Integrity First for America & Civil Rights Activist

Aditi Mayer

Keynote Speaker on Sustainability, Fashion, Environment & Social Justice

Nighat Dad

Lawyer & Human Rights Activist

Margarita Espada

Artist, Educator, Cultural Organizer, Founder & Director of Teatro Experimenantal Yerbabuja

Dr. Claudia Espinosa

Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur; Changemaker