Aaron Samuels

Co-Founder & COO of Blavity

Aisha Fukushima

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

Intersectionality matters: Aisha Fukushima at TEDxWhitmanCollege

Aku Kadogo

Theater Director, Choreographer, Educator & Cultural Arts Preservationist

Alyesha Wise

Writer, Poet & Educator; Co-Founder of Spoken Literature Art Movement

Amal Kassir

Syrian-American Muslim Storytelling Activist & Poet

Amanda Gorman

Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Amanda Seales

Poet, Spoken Word Artist & Media Personality Known for HBO's "Insecure;" Anti-Smoking Activist

Amena Brown

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & Author

Amir Sulaiman

Poet, Recording Artist, Actor, Screenwriter and Producer

Andrea Gibson

Poet & Activist

The Madness Vase

Anne Carson

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

Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey

Ghanaian Poet, Author, Literary Critic, Media Practitioner & Activist

Apollo Robbins

Sleight-of-Hand Artist and Self-Described Gentleman Thief & Deception Specialist

Arielle Estoria

Actor, Poet, & Author of "The Unfolding"

Arielle Estoria Speaker Reel

Bonafide Rojas

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

Brandon Leake

Award-Winning Spoken Word Poet & Artistic Educator

Brittney Grimes

Writer, Poet, Motivational Speaker, Violinist & Published Author

Bruce Degen

Bestselling Author and Illustrator of "Jamberry"

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Charity Blackwell

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