Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

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

Richard Florida

Leading Urbanist, Economist & Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

The Great Reset: How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work

Dorothy Roberts

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Maria Echaveste

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton, Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Jon Steinberg

CEO of Future Plc., Founder of Cheddar; Former President & COO of Buzzfeed; Former CEO of Daily Mail.com in North America

Robert Cialdini

New York Times Best-Selling Author; The Foundational Expert in the Science of Influence & Persuasion

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

David Williams

Professor of Public Health at Harvard University

Sabine Heller

CEO of invitation only social community ASMALLWORLD, and Editor at large at Vogue.it and Purple.

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Kevin Allocca

Head of Culture & Trends at YouTube

Paul Snelgrove

Paul Snelgrove led the group that pulled together the findings of the Census of Marine Life -- synthesizing 10 years and 540 expeditions into a book of wonders.

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Rachel Simmons

Internationally Recognized Educator & Best-Selling Author

Laura Snyder

Professor; Science Historian; Philosopher; Author of "The Philosophical Breakfast Club"

Mitch Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Ruha Benjamin

Sociology & African American Studies Scholar; Author of "People's Science" and "Race After Technology"

Imagination: A Manifesto

Dr. Tierney Thys

Marine Biologist, Educator & Filmmaker

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

Behavioral Scientist & Best-Selling Author

Lisa Kristine

Internationally Recognized Fine-Art Photographer, Humanitarian & Activist

Marla Spivak

Entomologist; Focused on Practical Applications to Protect Honey Bee Populations

Simone Giertz

Inventor, Robotics Enthusiast & TV Host

Bill Drayton

Social Entrepreneur, Founder & C.E.O of Ashoka. Leading an Everyone a Changemaker world movement.

Spencer Wells

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

Kathryn Edin

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Claude Steele

Social Psychologist & Stereotype Expert

Peter Girguis

Associate Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard; Adjunct Research Engineer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

James Garbarino

Author, Psychologist, Expert on Violence & Children; Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University