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

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Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Ijeoma Oluo

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

Diane Guerrero

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

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Raji Rajagopalan

Author of “Daring to be Different," Partner Director of Software Engineering at Microsoft & Women in Tech Advocate

Tania Israel

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

Shanita Hubbard

Professor, Advocate, Mother & Author of "Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto For The Well-Being of Black Women"

Nkechi Taifa

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

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Deepa Purushothaman

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

JLove Calderon

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

Bola Sokunbi

Bestselling Author, Finance Expert, Founder & CEO of Clever Girl Finance

Minna Salami

Writer, Lecturer, Feminist, Gender Equality Activist & Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

Christine Michel Carter

Bestselling Author; Women Empowerment, Mental Health & Working Parents Advocate; #1 Global Voice For Working Moms

Elaine Welteroth

Former Co-Host of CBS “The Talk,” NYT Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue

Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

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Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer & Activist Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

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Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Renowned African Novelist & Speaker

Iyanla Vanzant

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

Spike Lee

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

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Arika Pierce Williams

Leadership Expert & Author of "I Can. I Will. Watch Me: How to Not be Overlooked, Underpaid or Undervalued"

Dr. Kimberly Harden

Diversity and Inclusion Speaker, Founder & CEO of Harden Consulting Group, LLC, & Author of The Allyship Challenge™