Marcia Chatelain

Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University & Author of "South SIde Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration"

Liz Kleinrock

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Educator

Lisa Delpit

Educationalist, Author, Eminent Scholar & Former Executive Director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Florida International University

Malcolm London

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

Jacqueline Sanderlin

Advocate for Urban School Communities; Author of "The Why Not Challenge"; Founder & CEO of Why Not? Incubator

The "Why Not?" Challenge: Say "Yes!" to Success With Community-School Partnerships

Joshua Stock

Award Winning Education Leader With a MSEd in Instructional Design and Technology

Sonja Cherry-Paul

NYT Best-Selling Adapter of "Stamped (For Kids)" & Founder of Red Clay Educators

Dr. Adolph Brown

Educator, Businessman & Author

Tiffany Jewell

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

Fay Cobb Payton, PhD

Author of "Leveraging Intersectionality: Seeing and Not Seeing" and Professor at North Carolina State University

Zaretta Hammond

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Donalyn Miller

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Doug Lemov

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Amelia Leighton Gamel

Founder of Equitable EDU, Entrepreneur, Author, Kindergarten to College Education Subject Matter Expert

Weston Kieschnick

Award-Winning Teacher, Best-Selling Author, TEDx Speaker & Podcast Host

Dr. David J. Luke

Author, Sociologist & DEI Advocate

Afrika Afeni Mills

Anti-Bias, Antiracist, Pro-Human Mindset Advocate; Expert on Inclusion & Belonging; Education Consultant and Author of "Open Windows, Open Minds"

Wiley Blevins

Author & Phonics Specialist

Job Iles

Trauma Specialist, Educator & Author of "The Whole Child School"

Juliana Urtubey

2021 National Teacher of the Year

Katherine McKnight

Award-Winning Author & Expert on Educational Leadership, Literacy and Student Skill Development

Robyn Jackson

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Dexter R. Voisin

Top 2% of Global Experts on Violence & Wellness; Psychotherapist; Author; Dean & Professor at Case Western Reserve University

The Relationship Between Violence Syndemics and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among African Ame...