Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

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Keith L. Brown

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Keith L. Brown

Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

Michael Twitty Teaches Tracing Your Roots Through Food

Adora Svitak

Author, Speaker, Youth Advocate & Child Welfare Professional

Zainab Salbi

Founder of Women for Women International, Bestselling Author and TV Host

Rosa Clemente

Community Organizer, Journalist, Political Activist, President & Founder of Know Thy Self Productions

Elle Moxley

Transgender Rights Activist; Executive Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute; Co-Founder of the Global Black Lives Matter Network

Jeffrey Marsh

Nonbinary, Genderfluid Author of “How To Be You”

Lori La Bey

Founder of Alzheimer's Speaks; Shifting Dementia Care Culture from Crisis to Comfort; Co-Founder of Dementia Map Global Resource Directory

Judge Lynn Toler

TV Personality, Lawyer, Author, & Former Arbitrator on "Divorce Court"

Lynda Resnick

Vice Chair & Co-Owner of The Wonderful Company; Philanthropist

Lynda Resnick - UMASS intro to Daniel Ellsberg's honorary degree award

Talib Kweli

Rapper, Emcee, Activist & Entrepreneur

Roxy Azari

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist

Carol Gilligan

Human Condition Psychologist & Ethicist; Founder of Difference Feminism

Naomi Wolf

Bestselling Author; Social Activist; Former Political Advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton

Derrick Johnson

President & CEO of the NAACP

Crystal Bui

Emmy-Nominated News Reporter, CEO of Spotlight Communications Group & Author of "More To Tell"

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Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Social Justice & Impact Leader, Activist, Educator, Writer & MSNBC Contributor