As we draw nearer to Juneteenth, here are just a few speakers who would make an excellent choice for programming, whether your audience is looking to learn, celebrate, or build community.

Leading and Inspired Voice on Racial Justice; Author of NYTimes' bestselling I'm Still Here; Executive Producer of The Next Question

Political Contributor, CNN; Social Entrepreneur and President and Co-Founder, Dream Corps; Three-Time New York Times Bestselling Author; Former Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Obama Administration

Cofounder Black Voters Matter; Advocate for democracy/Civic Engagement, Philanthropy, and Women's Empowerment; Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; National Organizer, Political Strategist, and Contributor to MSNBC, New York Times

Civil Rights Activist & Former Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Mayor of Atlanta (1982-1990); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1977-1979); U.S. Representative from Georgia (1973-1977)

Award-Winning Poet; Scholar; Activist

Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist; Member of Chicago Tribune’s Editorial Board

Sociopolitical Comedian, Political Satirist & Host of CNN's United Shades of America

Co-Founder #BlackLivesMatter; TIME Magazine Cover: 100 Most Influential Women of the Last Century; Awarded the Coretta Scott King Center Legacy Award; Former Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration

Founder and CEO of The Witness, Inc.; New York Times Best-Selling Author of How to Fight Racism and The Color of Compromise; Assistant Director of Narrative and Advocacy at the Center for Antiracist Research, Boston University; Historian of Race and Religion

Award-Winning Journalist and Host of Tamron Hall and Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall; First African American female co-host of TODAY; Ambassador, Safe Horizon, domestic abuse organization

MSNBC Political Analyst and Host of The ReidOut; New York Times Bestselling Author

Rapper & Songwriter; Activist; Entrepreneur

Multi Award-Winning National and International CNN Correspondent

Co-Host, The View; Host, Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin; Attorney; Author, I Am These Truths

KWAME ALEXANDER: New York Times Best-Selling Author, Poet, and Educator

DR. MARCIA CHATELAIN: Professor of History and African American Studies, Georgetown University; Author of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America; Creator, #FergusonSyllabus

BAKARI SELLERS: Political Analyst, CNN; Former Representative from South Carolina; Youngest African-American Elected Official in America

DONOVAN THOMPSON: Owner, Executive Producer & Co-Host of The Grapevine

ASHLEY AKUNNA: Owner, Creator and Host of The Grapevine