Meg Tilly

Award-Winning Actress & Author

Helen Zia

Award-Winning Journalist, Author & Activist for Asian American and LGBTQ Rights

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

JLove Calderon

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

Kim Katrin Milan

Writer, Educator, Artist, Women and LGBT Advocate

Terry McMillan

New York Times Best-Selling Author Known for "Waiting to Exhale" & "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

Rebecca Walker

Bestselling Author & Founder of the Third Wave Feminism Movement

What's Your Story? with author Rebecca Walker

Gloria Steinem

Feminist Writer, Activist & Organizer; Co-Founder of New York Magazine & Ms. Magazine

Victoria Rowell

Actress, Producer, Director, Writer, American Ballet Theatre Alum & Founder of Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan (RFCPP)

Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky revolutionized the mystery world when she introduced her private detective, V.I. Warshawski, in her 1982 novel, "Indemnity Only."

Gloria Naylor

Best-selling Author

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Tonya Lewis Lee

Author, Producer, Filmmaker & Entrepreneur; Women's Health Activist

Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis

Dr. Bernice King

Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Caitlyn Jenner

TV Personality & Olympic Gold Medalist; Co-Host of "Keeping Up With Sports"

Roya Hakakian

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author

Erin Gruwell

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Temple Grandin

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

TEMPLE GRANDIN on the Three Kinds of Kids

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Farai Chideya

Multimedia Journalist & Commentator

Ellen Oh

Young Adult & Middle Grade Author & Editor; Founding Member of We Need Diverse Books

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Amanda Montell

Writer, Linguist & Author of "Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language"

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Tania Israel

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Nkechi Taifa

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

Taifa keynotes 2021 HBCU Pre-Law Summit

Milagros Phillips

Keynote Speaker, TEDx Presenter, Author & Certified Coach

Deepa Purushothaman

Founder of n2formation; Former Deloitte Managing Partner; Author of “The First, The Few, The Only”

Mikki Kendall

NYT Bestselling Author of "Hood Feminism", Diversity Consultant & Writer

Amanda Gorman

Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Joanna Peña-Bickley

Founder & CEO of Vibes Ai, Founder & Fellow of A.I. Design Corps Host of "DesignedBy.Show" Podcast

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