Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Ken Burns

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

Diane Guerrero

Immigration Reform Activist & Actress Known for "Orange is the New Black" & "Jane The Virgin"

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Deborah S. Esquenazi

Documentary Filmmaker; Known for Peabody Award-Winning Film "Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four"

Yoruba Richen

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Janet Mock

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

Mark Ronson

Award-Winning Music producer and DJ

Martin Scorsese

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Known for "Goodfellas," "Taxi Driver," "Silence" & "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Martin Scorsese Still Has Stories to Tell

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Matthew Cherry

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Producer, Author & Retired NFL Player

Raymond Santana Jr.

One of the Central Park Five, Filmmaker & Creator of Park Madison NYC Clothing Line

Kevin Richardson

One of the Central Park 5, American Criminal Rights Activist & Businessman

Autumn de Wilde

Photographer & Filmmaker

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Jim Jarmusch

Director & Writer; Known for "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Paterson"

Josh Cooley

Animator, Screenwriter, Director Known for "Toy Story 4"

Jeff Orlowski-Yang

Award-winning Filmmaker, Photographer, Entrepreneur & Climate Change Activist

Gina Rodriguez

Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director, Model & Humanitarian

Eric Stange

Award-winning independent documentary film producer, director and writer, who specializes in history and science subjects

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

David Chang

Founder & Chef of Momofuku Restaurant Group

Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

Lady Gaga

Grammy Award-Winning Pop Singer-Songwriter & Award-Winning Actress Known for "A Star is Born" & "Joker: Folie à Deux'; Founder of Haus Labs Cosmetics

Alfre Woodard

Emmy Award-Winning Actress; Human Rights Activist

Montel Williams

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

Dr. Cornel West

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

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship