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CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights

LZ Granderson is a political contributor and host of the Life Out Loud podcast for ABC News.

Transgender Activist, Actor & TED Resident

Samy Nour Younes Figaredo is a proud multi-hyphenate

John Cena

WWE Professional Wrestler, Bodybuilder, and Actor Known for "Trainwreck"

Born John Felix Anthony Cena on April 23, 1977, in West Newbury, Massachusetts, the second of John.

Shah Rukh Khan

Bollywood Star, Social Activist

Shah Rukh Khan, also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality.

Carl Franklin

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Devil in a Blue Dress"

Carl Franklin is an actor, screenwriter, and director. He is most known for the film Devil in a Blue Dress, which starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.

Managing Director at ABC Studios International/The Walt Disney Company

Keli Lee is a transformational and innovative leader with a successful track .

Hip Hop Group; Known for their Politically-Charged Music

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor.

Actress; Best Known for Hitch, Déjà Vu, & Precious

Even though bright-eyed actress Paula Patton began performing as a little girl.

Marcus Reeves

Cultural Critic, Digital Content Producer at BET.COM, Author

Marcus Reeves has written about pop music, Black youth culture and politics for over 20 years.

Activist & Co-Founder of the Safety Pin Box

Marissa Jenae Johnson is an Activist, Speaker, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur.

Marketing, Design & Communications Lead at Glitch & Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Revision Path

Maurice Cherry serves as marketing, design & communications lead at Glitch.

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

Lydia X. Z. Brown is an abolitionist disability justice advocate.

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School.

Scholar, Social Justice Advocate

Dorothy Roberts is the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and George A.

Zakiyyah Myers

Co-founder & Chief Operations Officer at Innclusive

Zakiyyah Myers is co-founder and chief operations officer at Innclusive, an inclusive home sharing platform for travelers.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Partner at Google Ventures

Candice Morgan is the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Partner at Google Ventures and former Head of Inclusion & Diversity at Pinterest.

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Ijeoma Oluo (ee-joh-mah oh-loo-oh) is a writer, speaker and internet yeller.

Tina Eskridge

Marketing Global Excellence Lead, Microsoft & Angel Investor

Tina Eskridge is the Marketing Global Excellence Lead at Microsoft

Travis Nembhard

Administrative Law Judge at the DC Department of For-Hire Vehicles

Travis Nembhard is an Administrative Law Judge, Lawyer, and advocate. He oversees hearings.

Kara Walker

Visual Artist; Best Known for her Room-Size Tableaux of Black Cut-Paper Silhouettes that Examine America's Racial and Gender Tensions

Kara Walker is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper....

Veronica Chambers

Award-Winning Author & Editor

Veronica Chambers is a prolific author, best known for her critically acclaimed memoir.  

TV Personality, Global Motivational Speaker, Business & Career Executive Coach, Diversity & Inclusion Trainer

Bershan Shaw is a TV personality, global Motivational Speaker, Business & Career Executive Coach, Strategist and a Diversity & Inclusion Trainer.

Sports Journalist, Former New York Times Columnist, Author of "Forty Million Dollar Slaves"

William Rhoden is an American sports journalist and author, who formerly worked as a columnist for the New York

Donnell Rawlings

Most well known for his role in "The Chapelle Show" and HBO's "The Wire"

Donnell Rawlings is a comedian and actor. His notable roles include appearing in Chappelle's Show.

Candi Castleberry-Singleton

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Amazon

Candi Castleberry Singleton is the Vice President of Diversity Partnership Strategy & Engagement at Twitter.

Oldest National Park Ranger Serving in the United States

99-year-old Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin is, among other things, America’s oldest active park ranger.

Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Co-Founder & President of Center for Policing Equity

Phillip Atiba Goff is the inaugural Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Sabaah Folayan

Co-director of Whose Streets

Sabaah Folayan is an filmmaker, activist, and award-winning storyteller who uses written.

Co-founder of The Collective PAC

Quentin James is the Co-Founder & COO of Vestige Strategies, LLC – one of the top civic.

Timnit Gebru

Computer Scientist, Executive Director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR); Working to Increase Diversity & Reduce Racial Bias in AI

Timnit Gebru is a computer scientist who works on algorithmic bias and data mining.

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

Elle Hearns is an organizer, speaker, strategist, and writer. Hearns' voice as a community organizer and speaker.

Culinary Historian & Author

Michael W. Twitty is a culinary historian and food writer from the Washington D.C. area.

Social Scientist, Psychotherapist, Professor & Dean at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto

Dr. Voisin is a social welfare scholar and psychotherapist. He is the author of America the Beautiful and Violent.

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

S. Lee Merritt, Esq. commonly known as “the people’s lawyer,” is emerging as an influential new voice in the fight for Social Justice.

Layla Saad

Author, Speaker & Teacher on the Topics of Race, Identity, Leadership, Personal Transformation & Social Change

Layla is the author of the ground-breaking book, "Me and White Surpremacy", and the host of Good Ancestor podcast.

Executive Director of "Equality for HER", Activist & Mental Health Advocate

Imani is a Black bisexual Muslim woman who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Fania Davis is a leading national voice on restorative justice, a quickly emerging field which invites a fundamental shift.

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

Morgan is an NYC-based writer. She graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Comparative Literature, specializing in nineteenth century.

Creator & Executive Producer of the Documentary "She Did That," Which Offers An In-Depth Look at Black Women Entrepreneurs

Renae Bluitt is a Brooklyn, New York-based filmmaker, digital content creator.

Ira Madison

Pop Culture Critic at the Daily Beast & Host of Keep It!

Ira Madison III is a writer living in Los Angeles and host of Crooked Media’s pop culture podcast Keep It. His television credits include Daybreak, Nikki Fre$h, and the upcoming…

Software Developer & Consultant at Slalom; Advocate for Diversity in Tech & Business

Crystal Martin is a software developer and consultant at Slalom, a co-organizer of the Strange Loop Conference.

Financial Empowerment Author and Advisor & Founder at Institute of Intra Diaspora Economic Advancement (IDEA Institute)

Shawn D. Rochester is CEO of Good Steward LLC, a financial education and advisor company.

Writer, Diversity Consultant & Feminist

Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and occasional feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality.

President of Democracy in Color & Founder of She the People

Aimee Allison is the Founder and president of She the People, the national network..

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Nafissa Thompson-Spires earned a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University..

Leslie Gray Streeter

Storyteller & Author of "Black Widow"

Born in Baltimore City, Leslie Gray Streeter is a University of Maryland College Park graduate.

Ron Stallworth

Retired Police Officer & Inspiration for "BlacKkKlansman"

Ron Stallworth is a law enforcement veteran and the first black detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department.

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Tommie Smith began life quietly, born to Richard and Dora Smith on June 6, 1944 in Clarksville.

CEO of JONES, Nationally Known as one of “America’s Top Experts on Diversity”

Dr. Jones is an author, national speaker, and the C.E.O. of JONES, a firm that specializes in providing inclusion.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Assistant Professor at Princeton University, Writer & Activist

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States.