Join us to explore and celebrate the unique contributions of Black women in America today. Hosted by American political strategist Donna Brazile.

Agenda and Featured Speakers

Why We’re All In: Racial and Gender Equity for a New Era

Black Women Journalists Lead

• Jemele Hill, Sports journalist, The Atlantic and co-host, Vice’s Cari & Jemele (Won’t) Stick to Sports
• God-is Rivera, Global Director, Culture & Community at Twitter

Action, Motivation, and Power: Black Women in the Highest Political Offices

• Representative Karen Bass, D-CA
• Glynda Carr, President & CEO, Higher Heights for America
• Representative Barbara Lee, D-CA
• Andrea Stewart-Cousins, President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader, New York State Senate
• Tonya Veasey, President and CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Artists as Activists

• Harriette Cole, Founder, Dreamleapers
• Misty Copeland, Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theater
• Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Actress, Queen Sugar
• Tina Lifford, Actress, Queen Sugar
• Tina Perry, President of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Black Women Leading Criminal Justice Reform

• Deborah Archer, President, American Civil Liberties Union and Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
• Alicia Garza, Principal, Black Futures Lab
• The Honorable Letitia James,  New York State Attorney General