Welcome new speaker Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD Bestselling Author + Buddhist Scholar-Practitioner + Black Buddhist Studies Founder!

Leading Voice on AI Ethics and Algorithmic Discrimination + Groundbreaking Author + MacArthur Fellow

Trevor Baldwin, nephew of James Baldwin, shares insights about community leadership and cultural stewardship.

with Author and Award-winning Mathematician Noah Giansiracusa

How You Can Make a Difference in the World through Small, Sustainable Actions

with author and expert Davarian L. Baldwin

Andrea Freeman’s RUIN THEIR CROPS ON THE GROUND won The Los Angeles Times Book Award for History and won the 2025 James Beard Media Award for Food Issues and Advocacy!

The Mango Tree won The Southern Book Prize for Nonfiction!

NYPL chose Tony Keith Jr.’s How the Boogeyman Became a Poet as one of their best books of 2024! His powerful poetry collection Knucklehead is out now.

Philosopher of Emotion Myisha Cherry tackles how to respond to what is going on in the world right now.

I Am Nobody’s Slave is a #1 New Release, Editor’s Pick, and an Oprah Daily Pick.

with #1 NYT Bestselling Author Tiffany Jewell