Step Afrika! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. We promote an appreciation for stepping and its use as an educational, motivational and healthy tool for young people. We accomplish this mission through arts education activities, international cultural exchange...

Theo Wilson’s experiences and insight are crucial in addressing the growing issue of hate propaganda on campus. Featured on Buzzfeed, CNN, MSNBC, and countless media outlets, Theo Wilson decided to create a fake online persona so he could better understand white supremacist trolls. He spent months inside the echo...

20 years in the future, sexual violence has been eradicated. Until 1 woman comes forward about being raped. A look into how we all perpetuate rape culture. Qurrat Ann Kadwani is an award-winning actress who lives in NYC. She works in theatre, TV, film and corporate videos. Imdb.me/qkadwani She is also a...

Staceyann Chin is a poet, writer, activist and performer. As a woman of both African and Chinese descent and a Jamaican immigrant residing in New York she has made various contributions to society just by using her strong voice, never apologizing for speaking her mind. Her work is true to a definition posed by...

As a member of the “Apsaalooke Nation”, Supaman makes his home on the Crow reservation in Montana. “Supaman” Is Christian Takes Gun Parrish, a Native American dancer and artist who has dedicated his life to empowering and spreading a message of hope through culture and music. He has been the recipient of...

Touring all over the U.S. for the last 10 years, these Broads get around. They have been seen at the following locations, causing audience members to complain that their cheeks hurt from laughing so much: A gazillion performances for fundraisers for Planned Parenthood and other women's health non-profit...

Keith Boykin is a CNBC contributor, MSNBC commentator, BET columnist, and New York Times best-selling author. He is also the former editor of the online news site, The Daily Voice. Each of Keith’s four books has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, including his most recent book, For Colored Boys Who Have...

Dr. Cornel West has been described as one of America’s most vital and eloquent intellectuals. A noted philosopher, he has taken his struggle for racial equity to the national spotlight, providing a gifted and stimulating voice to the ongoing debate. Currently the Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion at...

A far cry from the image-driven gangster rappers of the late 1990s, emcee Talib Kweli strives to "reconcile left-wing idealism with the anything-goes attitude of hip hop," according to critic Kelefa Sanneh in the New York Times. He seems "determined to move hip hop past materialism," noted Jon Pareles in the New York...

For the past twenty years, StirFry Seminars has revolutionized the field of diversity through its internationally acclaimed films and seminars. Over 30 million viewers worldwide have seen The Color of Fear, as well as many of the other groundbreaking films produced and directed by Lee Mun Wah, StirFry's founder,...

JASON CARNEY is a poet, writer, educator and anti-hate activist from Dallas, TX. His program will speak about the culture and nature of hate that he once thrived upon, and what it took to change his life. A former skinhead, Jason Carney has overcome his own racism, homophobia, drug addiction, and harrowing brushes...