Shane Ortega

The US Army's First Openly Trans Soldier

Patrisse Cullors

Artist, Activist & Organizer; Co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Founding Director of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School; Former President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Julie Guthman

Author & Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz

Daniel Flynn

Managing Director and Co-Founder of Thankyou Group, a business venture he founded at just 19 years of age

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda

Zimbabwean Human Rights Lawyer, World YWCA General Secretary, Advocate for Transformative Leadership and Social Justice

Nick Hanauer

Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Civic Activist, Philanthropist, Author & Host of Pitchfork Economics

Melba Pattillo Beals

Journalist, Author of "Warriors Don't Cry" & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Catharine MacKinnon

Lawyer, Teacher, Writer & Sex Equality Activist

Loretta Ross

Founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective; Reproductive Justice Activist & Professor

Bun B

Rapper Known for Having Been Half of the Southern Rap Duo UGK; Guest Lecturer at Rice University

Kirby Dick

Award Winning Documentary Director; Best Known for "The Invisible War" & "The Hunting Ground"

Felipe Rose

Best Known as the Native American Indian Attired Vocalist in the World Famous Group Village People

Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell

Founder of Southern Hip Hop, Freedom Fighter & Former Leader of The 2 Live Crew

James Heckman

Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago, a Nobel Memorial Prize Winner in Economics, and an Expert in the Economics of Human Development

Sonja Sohn

Actress, Activist, and Filmmaker, Best Known for "The Wire"

Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Anne Mahlum

Social Entrepreneur & Founder of Back on My Feet

Anne Mahlum Sizzle Reel

David Adjaye

Renowned Architect; Lead Designer of The National Museum of African American History & Culture

Scholl Lecture Series: David Adjaye in Conversation with Franklin ...

Katie Stack

Reproductive Rights Activist and community organizer — connecting the personal and the Political in the Pro-Choice Movement

Arsalan Iftikhar

Founder, TheMuslimGuy.com; Senior Editor, The Islamic Monthly

Carolina De Robertis

Award-Winning Author Known for "The Invisible Mountain"

Brian Banks

Top Resiliency & Leadership Speaker, Former NFL Player & Victim of a Wrongful Rape Conviction; Author of "What Set Me Free" & "Resilient Echoes"

Resilient Echoes: A Journey from Injustice to Empowerment

Logan Browning

Actress & Singer-Songwriter; Best Known for Her Roles in "Bratz: The Movie" & Netflix's "Dear White People"

David Oyelowo

Actor Known for "Selma," "The Butler" & "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

Aziz Abu Sarah

National Geographic Explorer, Cultural Educator & Peace Activist

Shabana Basij-Rasikh

Co-Founder and Managing Director, School of Leadership, Afghanistan

Tina Rosenberg

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Columnist

Suzan Shown Harjo

Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee Activist, Poet, Writer, Lecturer & Curator

Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo

Danae Ringelmann

Founder, Indiegogo; Lodge & Farm Owner; Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum