2024

Dr. Uché Blackstock

Dr. Uché Blackstock is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, appears regularly on MSNBC and NBC News, and is a former associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the former faculty director for recruitment, retention, and inclusion in the Office of Diversity Affairs at NYU School of Medicine.

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Darrell Booker

Darrell Booker is a dynamic leader at Microsoft’s Philanthropy division, renowned for spearheading one of the company’s pivotal initiatives: the Nonprofit Tech Acceleration for Black and African American Communities.

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Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, Co-founder and Executive Director of AAPF and Faculty Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies (CISPS) is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, race, racism, and the law.

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Marley Dias

Marley Dias is the witty and purpose-driven young founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks and author of Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

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Tylik McMillan

Internationally recognized young civil rights activist and movement strategist Tylik McMillan, is a native of Lawrenceville Virginia, by way of Harrisburg Pennsylvania and a proud HBCU graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

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Robert Rooks

Robert Rooks is one of the nation’s premier criminal justice reformers with more than two decades of experience as a grassroots organizer, strategist, and movement leader.

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Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander is beloved for her iconic acting roles as Maxine Shaw (“Living Single,” NAACP Image Awards as Outstanding Actress/Comedy Series), Detective Latoya (“Get Out”), Cousin Pam (“The Cosby Show”), Perenna (“Black Lightning”), Linda Diggs (“Wutang: An American Saga”), Barb Ballard (Run The World), and Meredith Lockhart (“Swimming with Sharks”).

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LaTosha Brown

LaTosha Brown is an award-winning visionary thought leader, institution builder, Cultural Activist and Artist, and Connector.

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Tamir D. Harper

At 21-years-old, Tamir Harper is a proud product of the School District of Philadelphia, non-profit co-founder, an outspoken disruptor for public education, Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar, and the 61st Eastern Regional Assistant Vice President for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.

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Nupol Kiazolu

Nupol Kiazolu is a powerhouse in the field of activism, from being on the front lines of the Charlottesville protests to taping “Do I look suspicious?” behind her hoodie in the wake of Travyon Martin’s death.

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