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Panelists

Aaron Ford

Nevada Attorney General

Law as Leverage: Enforcing Civil Rights and Democratic Power

Abigail Thomas

Climate Justice Advocate

Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Building Equitable Futures

Akiba Abaka

Interim Executive Director, National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA)

When Law Is Not Enough: Representation in the Fight for Civil and Human Rights

Allen Morris

Director of Policy, National LGBTQ Task Force

Beyond the Ballot

Amos Jackson III

Founder and Principal, Third Way Strategies & Consulting

The Gen Z Democracy: Power, Media, and the Next Political Era

Angela Rye

Chief Executive Officer at A. Rye Inc

The Gen Z Democracy: Power, Media, and the Next Political Era

Atima Omara

Founder & Chief Strategist, Omara Strategy Group

The Politics of Policy: Organizing and Campaigns

A’Shanti Gholar

President & CEO, Emerge

More Than a Moment: Black Women Leading Collective Change

Bisola Ojikutu

Commissioner of Public Health, City of Boston

Health Equity as Policy: Reimagining Black Well-Being in America

Bobby Nweke

Communication Strategist & Speaker Coach; Founder, Ready Consulting LLC

Truth Under Pressure: The Intimacy of Communicating About Race and Power in Divided Times with Bobby Nweke

Charles Blow

Langston Hughes Fellow at Harvard University, Former Op-ed Columnist at the New York Time

Beyond the Headlines: Journalism, Accountability and Power

Cliff Albright

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Black Voters Matter

Beyond the Ballot

Cornell Brooks

Professor at the Harvard Kennedy Schoo; Former President and CEO of the NAACP

Law as Leverage: Enforcing Civil Rights and Democratic Power

Courtney Cole

Anchor/Reporter, WBZ-TV Boston

Beyond the Headlines: Journalism, Accountability and Power

Darrick Hamilton

Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy and a University Professor, The New School for Social Research

Mobilizing Capital for Collective Power

Dr. Andre Perry

​​Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Community Uplift, Brookings Institution
Professor of Practice of Economics, Washington University of St. Louis

Mobilizing Capital for Collective Power: Collective Responsibility for Economic Justice

Dr. Aysha Upchurch

The Dancing Diplomat

Culture Is Policy: Art Narrative and Political Power

Dr. Denisha Jones

Executive Director, Defending the Early Years
Founder and CEO, D. Jones Consultant

Education as Reconstruction: Future of Learning

Dr. Jalicia Jolly

Assistant Professor in American Studies and Black Studies, Amherst College

Health Equity as Policy: Reimagining Black Well-Being in America

Dr. Jeannette Callahan

Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School / General Pediatrician at Cambridge Health Alliance

Health Equity as Policy: Reimagining Black Well-Being in America

Dr. Maame Adobea Amoyaw

Founder and Principal Cultural Strategist, Silver Link Strategies

Culture Is Policy: Art, Narrative, and Political Power

Dr. Tinkhani White

​Director of Systems Transformation, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Education as Reconstruction: Future of Learning

Eddie Rupia

​​Campaign Manager/Senior Advisor

The Politics of Policy: Organizing and Campaigns

Imani Rupert-Gordon

​​President/Executive Director, National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR)

More Than a Moment: Black Women Leading Collective Change

Jessica Fulton

Economist

Mobilizing Capital for Collective Power

Joshua Doss

Pollster & Political Consultant

Keynote Address

Kama Pierce

​Chief Program Officer, National Center for Civil and Human Rights

When Law Is Not Enough: Representation in the Fight for Civil and Human Rights

Kirsten Allen

​​Communications & Political Strategist

More Than a Moment: Black Women Leading Collective Change

Leonardo Williams

Mayor of Durham, North Carolina

From City Hall to Statehouse: Black Leadership and Public Power

Liz Miranda

State Senator, Massachusetts

The Gen Z Democracy: Power, Media, and the Next Political Era

Miniard Culpepper

Councilor, Boston City Council

From City Hall to Statehouse: Black Leadership and Public Power

Monica Gabrielle Tibbits-Nutt

Former Advisor MassDOT

Mobility as Justice: Reimagining Transportation Systems for Equity

Quentin James

Founder & President, Collective PAC

Beyond the Ballot

Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law, Harvard University

Law as Leverage: Enforcing Civil Rights and Democratic Power

Ruthzee Louijeune

Councilor, Boston City Council

From City Hall to Statehouse: Black Leadership and Public Power

Sarah Lewis

John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University / Founder of Vision & Justice

When Law Is Not Enough: Representation in the Fight for Civil and Human Rights

Secretary Anthony Foxx

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Mobility as Justice: Reimagining Transportation Systems for Equity

Tishaura Jones

Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri

From City Hall to Statehouse: Black Leadership and Public Power

Travis Wharton

Wendy D. Puriefoy Cross-Sector Leadership Fellow at EdRedesign and a Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Education as Reconstruction: Future of Learning

Tristan Thomas

Director of policy, Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE)

Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Building Equitable Futures

Wawa Gatheru

​​Founder & Executive Director of Black Girl Environmentalists

Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Building Equitable Futures

Yoruba Richen

Founding Director of the Documentary Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Culture Is Policy: Art, Narrative, and Political Power

​​Honorable Hellen Chabunya

Vice-President of the United Transformation Movement

The Politics of Policy: Organizing and Campaigns

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