Nikki Giovanni

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Dorothy Roberts

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Brian Solis

Digital Analyst, Futurist & Author of "What's the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences"

Rebecca Walker

Bestselling Author & Founder of the Third Wave Feminism Movement

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Bobby Seale

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Bertice Berry

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David Williams

Professor of Public Health at Harvard University

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Michael Rogers

MSNBC's 'The Practical Futurist' & Technology Expert

Dr. Will Miller

Educator, Psychotherapist, Author & Humorist; Authority on Stress & Coping; Ethics & Social Media Professor at Purdue University

Brad Meltzer

Host of History Channel’s "Lost History" & "Brad Meltzer’s Decoded;" New York Times Best-Selling Author

Ruha Benjamin

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

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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

James Garbarino

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

Eduardo Bonilla Silva

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Ric S. Sheffield

Author on Gender, Race & Ethnicity; Professor of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College

Dr. Gregory Stock

Healthcare Futurist & Biotech Pioneer

Chloe Hakim-Moore

Founder of NEXT Memphis, Wellness Strategist, Entrepreneur, Sociologist, Forbes 30 under 30, TEDx Speaker