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Walter is the creative director and founder of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California. Hood Design Studio is his tripartite practice, working across art + fabrication, design + landscape, and research + urbanism. He

Kim Goodwin, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, serves on boards for a number of global firms and is chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Avanico Holdings, which invests in financial and tech-enabled

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo is the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Chair in Medicine Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF). She is the inaugural vice dean

Brent L. Henry is a member in the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. Previously, Brent was vice president and general counsel of Partners HealthCare, the largest hospital network

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton. Taylor’s writing and scholarship engage issues of contemporary Black politics, the history of Black social movements and Black radicalism, and issues concerning

Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where she is also affiliated with the Programs in Gender and Sexuality and Law and Public Affairs. Her fields of inquiry

Satana T. Deberry was sworn into office as district attorney for the 16th prosecutorial district in North Carolina’s Durham County on January 1, 2019, where she manages a team of 36 legal professionals including

Kelvin Dinkins Jr. is assistant dean and lecturer in theater management at the Yale School of Drama and general manager of the Yale Repertory Theatre. He was born in New York City and raised

Princeton Professor of History Marni Sandweiss is the founder and director of the Princeton & Slavery Project (slavery.princeton.edu), a far-reaching public history project — including dozens of contributors, community partners and artistic components —

Selwyn Seyfu Hinds is a prolific and award-winning creator and storyteller — author, editor, music scribe, producer and screenwriter. Currently he is the showrunner and writer of the television adaptation of Esi Edugyan’s novel