2023 Convening for the Culture Agenda

*This agenda is evolving and may change.

We invite you to review this powerful speech by Fredrick Douglass

Our speakers are leaders who…

Are actively addressing and finding solutions for Black and Brown communities, specifically accessible and equitable housing, access to culturally affirming spaces in corporations, education, healthcare, public safety and security, internet, technology and economic opportunity and mobility, and so much more.

Meet Our Speakers

Progressive, Innovative Leaders

  • Ashley Bell

    Founder/CEO, ReadyLife

  • Dr. Sheryl Davis

    Executive Director, San Francisco Human Rights Commission

  • Elissa Johnson

    Vice President, Criminal Justice Campaigns, FWD.us

  • Sixto Cancel

    Founder/CEO, Think of Us

  • Representative Justin Jones

    Tennessee House Representative

  • Dr. Clarence Jones

    Chairman, Spill the Honey Foundation & Founder, Dr. Clarence B. Jones Institute for Social Advocacy in New Jersey

  • Camille Joseph-Goldman

    Group Vice President, Charter Spectrum

  • Brooke Hodge

    Director, Class Action and Mass Tort Services, EisnerAmper

  • Dominique Calhoun

    President, National Bar Association

  • Jocelyn Frye

    President, National Partnership for Women & Families

  • Samantha Tweedy

    CEO, Black Economic Alliance

  • Cameron Onumah

    Head of Public Policy, Amazon

  • Fred Davis

    Partner, Mitchell & Titus LLP

  • Susan Chapman-Hughes

    Independent Director, The J.M. Smucker Co.

  • JaNay Nazaire

    Founding CEO, BLCK GRVTY

  • Dale Burnett

    Managing Director & Co-Founder, BIG Equity Investors

  • Lekiesha French

    Founder, The Future in Color

  • Saidah Leatutufu-Burch, Ed.D.

    Initiative Director, Dream Keeper Initiative

  • Dr. David Johns

    Executive Director, National Black Justice Coalition

  • Hon. Letitia James

    New York Attorney General, New York

  • Tamika Mallory

    Founder, Until Freedom

  • Milly Silva

    Secretary Treasurer, 1199SEIU

  • Sevetri Wilson

    Founder, Resilia

  • Devo Harris

    Founding CEO, Adventr

  • Margaret Richardson

    Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, GoFundMe

  • Yolonda Richardson

    President & CEO, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

  • Cordell Carter

    Founder, Festival of the Diaspora

  • Cameron McKenzie

    President, Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce

  • Lisa Sharon Harper

    Founder & President, Freedom Road

  • Congressman Steven Horsford

    Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus

  • Attorney General Aaron Ford

    Nevada

  • Reverend Stephen Green

    Reverend and Activist

  • Justin Carter

    PENN Entertainment

  • Lonita Baker

    Immediate Past President, National Bar Association

  • Najma Roberts

    Democracy Fund

  • Ellie Jurado-Nieves

    Vice-President & Assistant General Counsel, Strategic Public Policy Initiatives, Guardian Life Insurance

  • Phoenix Jackson

    Phind

  • Dr. Marvin Carr

    Director, Center for Racial Equity Walmart Foundation

  • Nasser Al-Khori

    Executive Director, Generation Amazing

  • Stephanie Pacheco

    NY State Poet Laureate

  • Christal Jackson

    Founder, Mosaic Genius

  • Akunna Cook

    CEO, Next Narrative Africa

  • Alvin Irby

    Founder, Barbershop Books

  • Brig. General Ron Sullivan

    Chief, Acquisition, Personnel & Ethics Law at Army Futures Command // Brigadier General (USAR), Chief Judge (IMA), ACCA

  • Hon. Shawyn Patterson-Howard

    President, African-American Mayors Association

  • Allessandra Bradley-Burns

    Black Joy

  • Hon. Alvin Bragg

    Manhattan District Attorney, New York

  • Tamika Palmer

    Mother of Breonna Taylor

  • Anurima Bhargava

    Founder, Anthem of Us

  • Alana Sivin

    New York State Director, Criminal Justice Reform, FWD.us

  • Rena Karefa-Johnson

    Vice President, National Initiatives, FWD.us

  • Hon. Tremaine Wright

    Chair, New York Cannabis Control Board

  • Hon. Clyde Vanel

    New York Assembly Member

  • Dr. Jatali Bellanton

    CEO, BMU Meta Inc & Founder, Kids Who Bank

  • Reggie McGahee

    Global Head of Diversity Recruiting, Reed Smith

  • Janelle Bechdol

    Head of HR, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula

  • Leigh Lehman

    Director of Communications, GoFundMe

  • Adjoa Asamoah

    Founder & CEO, ABA Consulting

  • Gerd Alexander

    Partner, Paul Hastings

  • Michael Garner

    Chief Business Diversity Officer, City of New York

  • Telley Madina

    President, The Madina Group Consulting

  • Hon. Amy Mercado

    Orange County Property Appraiser & CEO, DirectOps

  • Michael White

    Co-Founder, Indelible Solutions

  • Sydney Snow

    Head of Governments & Policy - North America, The Climate Group

  • Malik Boyd

    Director of Communications, Pennsylvania Department of Environment Protection

  • Amanda Brown-Lierman

    Senior Director for Policy & Engagement, GoFundMe

  • Marc Morial

    President and CEO, National Urban League

  • Jonelle J. Johnson

    Senior Manager of Government and Community Strategy, Charter Communications

  • Rodney Capel

    Vice President for Government Affairs, Northeast Region, Charter Communications

  • India Sneed-Williams

    Government Affairs Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP

  • René Spellman

    Chief Impact Officer at Obsidianworks

  • Margaret Brisbane

    CIO, Miami-Dade County

  • Leopoldo Martinez

    Founder, Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas, IQLatino & Principal, LMN Consulting, LLC

  • Benjamin Taylor

    Attorney, Taylor & Gomez Law & President, State Bar of Arizona

  • Nellie Gorbea

    Nellie Gorbea

    Visiting Scholar & Former Rhode Island Secretary of State

  • Brace Lowe

    COO, A Second Chance Inc.

  • Dr. Zabina Bhasin

    Founder, InKidZ & Child Psychiatrist

  • Chris Simon

    CEO, BTST Service

  • Endura Govan

    Owner, International Business Kids

  • Brandon Comer

    Managing Partner, Comer Capital Group

  • Caleb Anderson

    Chair, Future in Color Youth Advisory Council

  • Rehana Farrell

    Executive Director, Youth INC

  • Rachel Cheeks-Givan

    Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leader

  • Clive Henry

    Dir. of Strategic Partnerships, Adobe

Special Appearances

  • Ronald Isley

  • Kandy Isley

  • Israel Houghton

  • Bri Blvck

  • T-Ray The Violinist

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