John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia & Wikitribune

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Charles J. Ogletree

Legal Theorist / Mentor / Activist

Van Jones

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

Claudia Effe

Trauma Psychotherapist, turned writer by the biggest refugee crisis in recent history. CEO of Change Now, Inc.

Robin Wright

Foreign Policy Analyst, Journalist & Author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World"

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Professor Richard Dawkins

Evolutionary Biologist & Best-Selling Author

Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss ...

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Montel Williams

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

Clifton L. Taulbert

Author, Business Consultant, & Speaker; Best Known for "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored"

Dr. Ian Smith

Doctor, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"

Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Jennifer James

Cultural Anthropologist & Expert on Change

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

Ellis Cose

Award-Winning Journalist & Author

Amy DuBois Barnett

Chief Content Officer, theGrio.com & EVP Digital, Entertainment Studios

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Justine Simmons

Motivator & Philanthropist

Tukufu Zuberi

Expert on Race Relations; Host, "PBS History Detectives"; Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania,

Myles W. Miller

Myles is a premiere, top-tier, world-class motivator. He is a dynamic dreamer, visionary, and go-getter who inspires others by declaring and living his "Don't Ever Give Up, Don't Ever Quit On Your Dreams" mantra. Myles is also a dynamic life coach.

Alison Bechdel

Internationally Recognized Cartoonist & Author of "Fun Home"

Spencer Wells

Geneticist, Anthropologist, Author, Entrepreneur, Adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin

Clay Shirky

Expert on New Technology & Social Media, & How They Shape Culture; Professor & Distinguished Writer in Residence, NYU

Al Letson

Peabody Award-Winning Radio Host, Spoken Word Artist, Playwright

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Graham Hill

Founder of Life Edited & TreeHugger.com

Kurt Andersen

Host of "Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC" & Author