Unapologetic: Conference Speakers

Carol Anderson

Charles Howard Candler Professor, Emory University

Michael Santiago “Killer Mike” Render

Rapper - Actor - Activist

Rev. Dr. Dwight Andrews

Musical Theorist - Composer - Minister

Maurice Hobson

Professor - Historian - Author of "Legend of the Black Mecca"

Dr. Roslyn Pope

Author and Activist

Charles Black

Civil Rights Activist

Charmaine Minniefiled

Artist - Activist

Tanya Washington

Professor of Law at Georgia State University, College of Law

Karcheik Sims-Alvarado

Author - Historian - CEO of Preserve Black Atlanta

Kali-Ahset Amen

Former John Lewis Fellowship Program Director

Karen Korematsu

Public Speaker - Educator - Civil Rights Advocate

Devon J. Crawford

Director of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice at Harvard University

2015 John Lewis Fellowship

Leilani Douglas

M.A. Candidate in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch

2019 John Lewis Fellowship

Helen Kramer

2017 Berlin Fellowship

Dorothy Mukasa

Associate Director of the Student Activities Office, Whitman College

2020 John Lewis Fellowship

Irijah Stennett

Yoga Instructor

Judith Goldstein

Founder and Executive Director Emeritus, Humanity in Action, Inc.

Madeeha Mehmood

2016 John Lewis Fellowship

Gino Nuzzolillo

2018 John Lewis Fellowship

Ishan Sharma

2019 John Lewis Fellowship

Alex Mabanta

2017 John Lewis Fellowship

Hope Anderson

2017 John Lewis Fellowship

Grace Hennessey McMickens

2020 John Lewis Fellowship

Adama Kamara

John Lewis Fellowship Program Assistant

Hanane Abouellotfi

Former John Lewis Fellowship Associate Director

2014 Amsterdam Fellowship

Trey Walk

Justice Fellow, Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama

2017 John Lewis Fellowship

Emily McDonnell

2017 John Lewis Fellowship

Jess Pires-Jancose

Dallas Outreach & Organizing Manager, Avow

Momo Wilms-Crowe

2019 John Lewis Fellowship

Jasmine Rashid

2018 John Lewis Fellowship

Beth Awano

2020 John Lewis Fellowship

June Thalin Worm

2019 John Lewis Fellowship

Hoang Tran Hieu Hanh

Specialist in Diversity Development and Community Outreach 

2019 John Lewis Fellowship

Samson Lim

Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

2008 Berlin Fellowship

Michael Scott

2017 Berlin Fellowship

Tuere Butler

Director of Operations at Plywood People

Antonio Lopez

2015 John Lewis Fellowship

Jalyn Radziminski-Smith

Founder, Count US IN

2017 Amsterdam Fellowship