Joan 'Lyric' Leslie

Author, Slam poet, Back-to-back Queen of the South Poetry Slam Champion

EbonyJanice Moore

Activist, Professor, Author, Womanist Scholar

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

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

Jason Reynolds

Critically Acclaimed Author & NAACP Image Award Winner

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Dr. Cornel West

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Robin Ess

Spoken Word Artist, Visual & Performing Artist, Community Activist & Columnist

Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

JLove Calderon

Award-Winning Author, Producer, Director & CEO of Social Impact Firm Inspire Justice

Chardelle Moore

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

Peter Kahn

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Gabes Torres

Artist, Theologian, Psychotherapist & Human Rights Activist

Tiffany Jewell

Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Paul Ortiz

Historian, Professor, Author of "An African American History of the United States"

Simon Tam

Author, Musician, Activist, Founder of The Slants

Student Town Hall with Simon Tam

Alok Vaid-Menon

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

Amanda Gorman

Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S.

LeRon L. Barton

Writer, Artist, Author of "All We Really Need Is Love"

Straight Dope: A 360 Degree Look Into American Drug Culture

Aaron Samuels

Co-Founder & COO of Blavity

Diamond Stingily

Artist Focused on Racial and Feminine Identities

Alexandra Elle

Author & Wellness Consultant

Kirstin Chen

Author of "Bury What We Cannot Take"

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Fiction Author & Professor at the University of Notre Dame

Kim Fu

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Aisha Fukushima

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

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Linda Sarsour

Award-Winning Racial Justice & Civil Rights Activist; Community Organizer

Ijeoma Oluo

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"