Aisha Fukushima

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Amal Kassir

Syrian-American Muslim Storytelling Activist & Poet

Anne Carson

Award-Winning Canadian Poet, Essayist and Professor, MacArthur Fellowship Award Winner, Lannan Literary Award Winner

Bonafide Rojas

Bonafide Rojas is the author of “Renovatio, When The City Sleeps & Pelo Bueno” & is the founder of Grand Concourse Press.

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Charity Blackwell

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Practitioner, Spoken Word Artist & Host/Emcee

Cometry

Comedy + Performance Poetry; Using Art to Unpack Tough Topics: Diversity, Mental Health, Leadership & Empathy Training

Daniel Alarcón

Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University; Author Known for "At Night We Walk in Circles" & "Lost City Radio"

David Bianchi

Founder of Exertion Films, Self-Propelled Entrepreneur, Producer & Actor

Denice Frohman

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Activist

Dessa

Rapper, Singer & Spoken Word Artist, Member of the Indie Hip Hop Collective Doomtree

Gabriela Garcia

Author of "Of Women and Salt"

Imani McGee-Stafford

WNBA Player, Mental Health Advocate, Poet & Self-Described Unicorn

Jackie Hill Perry

Self-Proclaimed Former Lesbian, Christian Poet, Writer, & Hip-hop Artist

Jae Nichelle

Viral Spoken Word Artist & Author of "God Themselves" and Mental Health Advocate

Janne Robinson

Author, Poet, Director, CEO & Founder of 'This is for the Women'

Jon Jorgenson

Author, Spoken Word Poet & Christian Speaker

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Kenny Fame

Poet, Lecturer, Writer & Singer and Activist & Spoken Word

Lee Mokobe

Internationally Published Poet, TEDx Speaker & Human Rights Activist; Creative Director at Vocal Revolutionaries

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Writer, Spoken Word Artist, Activist & Cultural Strategist

Mary Pope Osborne

Children's Author Known for "The Magic Tree House" Series

Masiela Lusha

Actress, Author, and Philanthropist

Michelle Tea

Author; Creator of Drag Queen Story Hour

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Peter Kahn

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Phantom Knoet

Spoken Word Poet & Professional Liason

Phil Kaye

Word Poet

Philipp Meyer

Fiction Writer Known for "The Son" and "American Rust"