Women

Vivian Stringer is an American former basketball coach. She holds one of the best coaching records in the history of women's basketball.

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.

From high school dropout to American Idol winner to Grammy award-winning artist, Fantasia Barrino is proof that sometimes.

Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee Kate Hudson made her studio film debut in "200 Cigarettes.

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, a theoretical physicist and famous inventor.

Rose Rollins was born in Berkeley, California and raised in Yonkers, New York.

Sylvia Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Cora loves life, and enjoys writing. She began writing her blog, “Fertility Faith,” at the age of 24 because of an early diagnosis of infertility.

Fran Harris is a television personality, sportscaster, and former professional and college basketball player

As one of the most highly touted players in the nation for the Class of 2001 and one of the most decorated athletes to grace the courts of Carroll High…

A member of the 2004 USA gold winning Olympic team, Swintayla Marie Cash knows how set goals to ensure success.

Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Crystal Dangerfield is an American women's basketball player with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Taymor’s previous film, Across The Universe, a re-imagining of 35 Beatles songs..

Catherine Hardwicke is an American film director, production designer, and screenwriter.

It has often been said that whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. If that is true.

Alencia Johnson leads at the intersection of social justice and culture change.

Having appeared as a child in the children's television series Barney & Friends, Gomez rose to fame as the leading role.

A man of substance, grace, and wisdom, Dr. Henry Foster has traveled an admirable path.

Kim Coles is probably best known for her zany characters.

With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, Laverne Cox is a four-time Emmy-nominated actress.

Exposé is known for their #1 Dance Chart Hit “Point of No Return.”  The group has several other well-known songs like.

Ruth E. Carter is the 2019 Academy Award winner for Achievement in Costume Design for Marvel’s “BLACK PANTHER”.

Eric Hutcherson is the Chief People & Inclusion Officer for Universal Music Group.

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

Keyshia Cole is an American singer/songwriter, record producer, business woman, and television personality. She was born in Oakland, California.

Carin Taylor is a renowned and highly sought-after speaker, facilitator and executive leadership coach on diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging.

Joy Adowaa Buolamwini is a Ghanaian-American-Canadian computer scientist and digital activist based at the MIT Media Lab.

Kenyona “Sunny” Matthews is a motivational speaker focusing on issues of diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism.

Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist from Los Angeles. Her poetry focuses on themes of race.

Lauren Simmons is a motivational speaker and her own brand. A former equity trader for Rosenblatt Securities.

As a native of West Philadelphia, Jamira Burley saw first-hand the disenfranchisement of marginalized communities.

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

Nicole Lynn, a Tulsa, Oklahoma native, attended the University of Oklahoma.

Kimberly Foster is founder and editor-in-chief of For Harriet, a multiplatform digital community for Black women.

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

Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Sigourney Weaver has created a host of memorable film characters, both dramatic.

Minda Harts is a Workplace and Equity Consultant. She is also the best-selling and award-winning author.

When she was younger, Beatrice Dixon suffered with bacterial vaginosis for eight months.

Aisha Fukushima is a Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Singer-Songwriter, and RAPtivist (rap activist).

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

Charlene Wheeless is a renowned communications visionary, author, and speaker with more than three decades of experience.

Naima Coster is the author of two novels. Her debut, "Halsey Street," was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

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

Caroline A. Wanga is currently the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Essence Communications Inc.

Tiffany Jewell is a Black biracial writer, twin sister, first generation American, cisgender mama, anti-bias antiracist (ABAR) educator, and consultant.

Ericka Hart is a Black Queer Femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker, and award-winning sexuality educator.

Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua was born into this world as a refugee, she is indigenous to the Ovimbundu tribe...

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

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