Antibias and Antiracist Education

“More often than not conversations about autism are led by people who parent autistic children or care for an autistic person in their life. While these are important pathways to collective understanding, autistic people themselves can no longer afford to be left out of the discourse.”

Jezz Chung is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores personal and collective change through the lens of race, gender, trauma, disability, and neurodivergence.

Jamilah Pitts is an author, educator, social entrepreneur, and wellness guide whose work centers the liberation, healing and holistic development of communities of the Global Majority. Jamilah has worked and served in various roles and spaces to promote racial justice and healing. Jamilah has served as a teacher, coach, dean, and as an Assistant Principal. She has worked in domestic and international educational spaces. Jamilah partners with schools, communities, universities and organizations to advance the work of racial, social and intersectional justice.

“Not speaking the truth reinforces racism. It allows us to believe it’s our normal. If we don’t talk with our children about injustice and systemic oppression, they’ll still have their questions and form their own answers, which can be inaccurate and confusing.”

Tiffany Jewell is a Black biracial writer, twin sister, first generation American, cisgender mama, anti-bias antiracist (ABAR) educator, and consultant. She is the author of the #1 New York Times and #1 Indie Bestseller, This Book Is Anti-Racist, a book for young folks and everyone to wake up, take action, and do the work of becoming antiracist.

“In this moment, if you’ve got to pivot anything, pivot to focus on your purpose work. What’s serving your purpose, right? Do that. And if you’ve got to adjust your language and your mission statement to make sure that it’s in more service of purpose, now we’re talking.”

Dr. Keith is a multi-year fellow and grant awardee from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Humanities DC for his public and scholarly work about Hip-Hop, spoken word poetry, and racial justice in American education.

“When we get stuck in changemaking work, it’s often because we feel overwhelmed by the scope of the task before us. When overwhelm strikes get strategic. What’s one thing that you can do right now that will make the most difference?”

Omkari L. Williams has worked as an actor, political consultant, and coach. Though she has an affinity for supporting activists who identify as introverted or highly sensitive, as she does, she welcomes all people into the world of micro activism, a sustainable path to changemaking.

Britt Hawthorne (they/she) is the author of the highly-anticipated, New York Times Bestseller, Raising Antiracist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide (Simon Element, 2022). Britt is also an antiracist educator, teacher, speaker, visionary, and advocate committed to raising a generation of antiracist children by centering families of the global majority and fostering equitable learning environments for students and children of all ages and backgrounds.

"The best analogy I can give is white supremacy is an algorithm that runs in the background... And in order to prop it up, all you got to do is ignore it. I think if there's nothing else about white supremacy to understand is that to destroy the algorithm you have to investigate it. You have to look at it. You have to make specific decisions about it and then you have to dismantle it." 

Joel Christian Gill is the Inaugural Chair of Boston University’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Narrative and Associate Professor in the CFA School of Visual Arts. He is also a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories.

Myisha Cherry is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. She is also the Director of the Emotion and Society Lab. She speaks widely on the topics of emotions and race. Cherry’s books include UnMuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice, The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-racist Struggle, and Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better (released on September 19, 2023).

An award-winning illustrator and scholar of black comics, John is a Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside; he is also the publisher of Megascope, an imprint of Abrams ComicArts dedicated to publishing works exploring the experiences of people of color. He speaks widely on the subjects of Afrofuturism and Black Comix.

Amrita is an award-winning historian, journalist, activist and commentator whose work examines the intersections of race, gender, power, and freedom, specifically focusing on the lives of enslaved and free black women.

Layla F. Saad is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Me and White Supremacy, anti-racism educator, international speaker, and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation and social change.

"The greatest form of patriotism is not pretending the wounds don’t exist—it’s helping the country heal by knowing exactly where the scars came from."

Lee Hawkins is an American investigative journalist and author who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2022. His most recent book, I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free, is an introspective journey into his family history, tracing its roots to pre-Revolutionary America.

“I use AI to amplify the voices history tried to hush. Technology shouldn’t erase us—it should make the world lean in, listen, and never look away.”

Allissa V. Richardson, PhD is an assistant professor of journalism at USC Annenberg. She researches how African Americans use mobile and social media to produce innovative forms of journalism — especially in times of crisis.

Dr. Jasmine Brown began writing Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century when she was twenty-two. A 2018 recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship, she is currently finishing up her ophthalmology residency at Stanford University. Brown leverages her vast knowledge and personal connections to the topic of representation in science and medicine to craft talks that are both immensely well-researched and personal.