Vien Truong
One of the country’s foremost policy experts and strategists on building an equitable green economy. Truong serves as CEO of the Dream Corps, and leads Green For All.
Diversity & Multicultural
Diverse and multicultural speakers, crossing cultural boundaries for greater understanding
Charles Johnson
National Book Award winner for Middle Passage, Charles Johnson has also written the novels Oxherding Tale, Dreamer, Faith and the Good Thing, and Night Hawks.
VIDEO: Charles Johnson talks about writing and learning to write
Robert Bullard
Called “the Father of Environmental Justice,” Dr. Bullard has been the leading voice against environmental racism for decades, including the Flint water crisis and hurricane recovery in Houston and Puerto Rico.
Lateefah Simon
For two decades, Lateefah Simon’s work has been about working with our nation’s most rejected and marginalized – youth of color trapped in the juvenile and criminal systems.
Arn Chorn-Pond
Renowned human rights activist, musician and Cambodian genocide survivor. Inspiring change with incredible stories of hope, endurance, and survival through the power of music.
Michael Tubbs
Tubbs, born to a teen mother and an incarcerated father, has become the youngest mayor of a major American city! Bringing new energy and ideas to his hometown of Stockton, CA
Urvashi Vaid
Nationally acclaimed LGBT leader, attorney, community organizer throughout her entire professional career. She offers an insightful analysis of the gay rights movement, past and future.
Video: Urvashi Vaid addresses the Fenway Health Women’s Dinner Party
Richard Rodriguez
An award–winning, thought provoking writer, hailed in The Washington Post as “one of the most eloquent and probing public intellectuals in America”.
Video: Richard Rodriguez at the Library of Congress
Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon and daughter Toshi Reagon have worked on civil rights music projects including the scores for the films Africans In America and BEAH: A Black Woman Speaks.
Video: Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon – There and Back Again
Shola Lynch
Award-winning filmmaker, scholar, and prominent film curator known for the documentaries FREE ANGELA And All Political Prisoners, and Chisolm ’72-Unbought and Unbossed.
Video: Toronto International Film Festival Interview with Shola Lynch
Jim Lucas
Jim Lucas travels nationwide, delivering hundreds of performances of Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream, I’ve Been to the Mountaintop and other works in a dramatic one-man show.
Arsalan Iftikhar
Islamic Human Rights attorney, media commentator, and founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, Iftikhar is an articulate voice in the battle against growing ‘Islamophobia’ in America.
Toshia Shaw
Founder of Purple W.I.N.G.S., demystifying misconceptions about who is at-risk for sexual violence and transforms audiences with her harrowing journey out of sex trafficking.
Enrique Morones
Internationally acclaimed activist and advocate for immigrants, founder of Border Angels, he brings to the forefront stories of those often forgotten in this fight for social justice.
Jesus Papoleto Melendez
Jesús Papoleto Meléndez (“Papo”) is a New York-born Puerto Rican award-winning poet most associated with the Nuyorican movement.
Video: Jesus Papoleto Melendez Speaking at Taller Boricua, NYC
Abiodun Oyewole
Abiodun Oyewole is a poet, teacher and founding member of the spoken-word group The Last Poets.
Winona LaDuke
Native American environmentalist, economist, and author working on sustainable development practices
J.L. Torres
Author of The Accidental Native and critical commentator of culture, arts and politics from a Latino perspective.