Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Kandice Sumner

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

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Janet Mock

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Gloria Ladson-Billings

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Spirit Tawfiq

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Tiffany Aliche

Author & Award-Winning Teacher of Financial Education known as “The Budgetnista"

Dena Simmons

Educator & Founder of LiberatED; Social & Emotional Learning Advocate

Nadia Lopez

Founding Principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy; Best-Selling Author; STEAM & Mental Health Advocate

Joy-Ann Reid

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Host of "The ReidOut"

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

Kristie Kennedy

Women's Worth & Wellness Expert, TEDx Audacious Leadership Transformational Speaker

Dr. Tererai Trent

Internationally Recognized Voices for Quality Education and Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

Lisa Leslie

WNBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist & Author of "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You;" Coach of Ice-Cube's BIG3 Basketball League

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Olympic Legend, Philanthropist, American Record-Holder in the Long Jump & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Robyn Jackson

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

Judge J. Machelle Sweeting

Civil Court Judge, Only African American Woman Jurist & Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court

Maya Wiley

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

Ijeoma Oluo

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

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Lisa Gelobter

Founder & CEO of tEQuitable

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Nontombi Naomi Tutu

Race, Gender & Human Rights Activist; Daughter of Desmond Tutu

Cheryl Brown Henderson

Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence & Research

Olympia LePoint

Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Author, TED Speaker & Artificial Intelligence Ethics Professor

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Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Phylicia Rashad

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

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Lenora Billings-Harris

Multicultural Diversity Expert & Author; President & CEO of UbuntuGlobal

Alaina E. Roberts

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Lindsey Granger

Journalist, Writer & Producer