Robert Bullard
“Father of Environmental Justice,” & “One of 13 Environmental Leaders of the Century”. Dr. Robert Bullard is a leading voice on environmental racism, sustainable housing & human rights.
Diversity & Inclusion
Trailblazers making strides on the need for inclusivity, diversity, intersectionality and understanding shared values
Rinku Sen
Rinku brings an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity through research, media, and practice.
Co-president of the national Women’s March, and Executive Director of the Narrative Initiative. Former president of Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation. Named as one of Ms. Magazine’s “21 Feminists to Watch”.
Video: Rinku Sen delivers Antioch New England Commencement Address
Daisy Hernández
Award winning author, Hernandez crosses the barriers between race, gender, and media representation. Her bold insight emphasizes current disparities in today’s culture.
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.
Mariama White-Hammond
Through her environmental and social justice advocacy, Rev. White-Hammond reforms racial divides within communities and empowers individuals to make change for the greater good.
Vien Truong
One of the country’s foremost policy innovators and solutions architect on building an equitable green economy. Truong served as CEO of the Dream Corps, and led Green For All.
Lateefah Simon
A nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and racial justice, Lateefah Simon’s work as an advocate and community organizer has brought opportunity to our nation’s most rejected and marginalized. Her leadership continues to strengthen communities.
Charles Johnson
National Book Award winner for Middle Passage, Dr. Charles Johnson writes captivating novels that address issues of being African-American in today’s U.S. society.
Video: Charles Johnson talks about writing and learning to write
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
Toshia Shaw
Founder of Purple W.I.N.G.S., determined to break misconceptions about who is at-risk for sexual violence, Shaw transforms audiences with her harrowing journey out of sex trafficking.
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.
Winona LaDuke
Native American environmentalist, economist, and author working on sustainable development practices
Lisa Dodson
Award winning author and sociologist, Dodson’s book The Moral Underground: A Silent Movement for Economic Justice shares stories that restore a sense of justice into the working world.
Robert Williams
Law professor, civil rights activist, and Native American, Williams has established a notable career in the fields of Native American and International law and indigenous people’s rights.