Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

America Ferrera

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Humanitarian

Dr. Brenda Combs, Ed.D.

Ambassador of Inspiration

Sonia Nazario

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

Malaak Compton

Activist & Philanthropist

Victoria Rowell

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

Somaly Mam

Survivor & Anti-Sex Slavery Activist

Tonya Lewis Lee

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

Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Olympic Legend, Philanthropist, American Record-Holder in the Long Jump & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

Judge Glenda Hatchett

Former Juvenile Court Judge & Star of "Judge Hatchett" and "The Verdict"

Erin Gruwell

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

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Chris Mburu

Human Rights Activist

Kathy LeMay

Founder, President & CEO of Raising Change

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Sarah Culberson

Princess of Sierra Leone, Humanitarian, Educator & Author of "A Princess Found"; Keynote Speaker on Empowerment, Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion.

Princess Sarah Culberson: Speaking Reel

Venus Williams

Professional Tennis Player, Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Equal Pay Activist, Author & Entrepreneur

Gail Harris

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund

Donna Brazile

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Lucille O'Neal

Author & Motivator

Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders

Former Surgeon General of the United States

Gabrielle Union

Actress, Voice Artist, Activist, Author & Investor

Julianne Malveaux

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

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

Majora Carter

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant

Cheryl Brown Henderson

Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence & Research

Dr. Samantha Nutt

Medical Doctor, Award-Winning Humanitarian, Bestselling Author & Founder of War Child USA

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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