Liz Kleinrock

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

Dr. Sharroky Hollie

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

Janet Mock

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

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

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

John H. Bracey, Jr.

Co-Director of the African Diaspora Studies at Amherst College

Liz Dozier

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

Joy-Ann Reid

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

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

Angela Glover Blackwell

Founder & Former CEO, PolicyLink

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Afrika Afeni Mills

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

Spirit Tawfiq

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Kira Banks

Psychologist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Tiffany Jewell

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

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Award-Winning Author of "Ghost Boys"

Robyn Jackson

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

Stacey Shells

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ReGeneration Schools

Fania Davis

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Zaretta Hammond

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

Wendy Osefo, PhD

Professor | Media Personality | Political Commentator | CEO

Vanessa Siddle Walker

Emory University Professor of African American Educational Studies, Author of "The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools"

Race-ing Moral Formation: African American Perspectives on Care and Justice

Monique W. Couvson

Social Justice Scholar & Author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools"

Carol Geary Schneider

Fellow, Lumina Foundation; Former President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady of the United States & Bestselling Author

Rebecca Walker

Bestselling Author & Founder of the Third Wave Feminism Movement

Randi Pink

Advocate & Author Known for "Angel of Greenwood"

Tiffany Aliche

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

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Assistant Professor at Princeton University, Writer & Activist

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Ruby Sales

Founder & Director of The SpiritHouse Project