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Global Head of DEI at NeuroLeadership Institute, Co-Author of "The Conscious Communicator," Consultant & TED Speaker

Tony Prophet

Chief Equity Officer of Salesforce

Christine A. Platt

Author & Managing Director of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University

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Austin Channing Brown

Racial Justice Advocate & Bestselling Author of "I'm Still Here"

Scott Ellsworth

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Aisha Fukushima

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

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Bushra Amiwala

Youngest Muslim Elected Official in the United States; Political & Diversity Activist; Skokie Board of Education

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President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

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Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

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Zakiyyah Myers

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Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Patrice A. Harris

First African-American Woman President of the American Medical Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association & Consultant on Health Service Delivery

Troy Duster

Former President of the American Sociological Association; Chancellor's Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley

Tamika D. Mallory

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

April Reign

Creator of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag; Editor of BroadwayBlack.com & NU Tribe Magazine

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Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester; Author, Broadcaster & Former Editor-at-Large for The Guardian

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