: Celebrate and educate with these powerful and inspiring women for Black History & Heritage Month Programs!

RACHEL CARGLE | Public Academic, Writer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropic Innovator and Founder of The Loveland Foundation

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FAWN WEAVER | Serial Entrepreneur, CEO and Founder of Grant Sidney Inc. and Uncle Nearest, Inc., and NYT Bestselling Author

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VENUS WILLIAMS | Legendary Tennis Champion, Entrepreneur, NYT Bestselling Author, and Philanthropist

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SERENA WILLIAMS | Iconic Tennis Champion, Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, and Philanthropist

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AYO TOMETI | Human Rights Leader; Co-Founder #BlackLivesMatter; Founder of Diaspora Rising; Coretta Scott King Center Legacy Award Recipient

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SARAH ELIZABETH LEWIS | Academic and Thought Leader; Founder of Vision and Justice Project; Bestselling Author; Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, and African and African American Studies at Harvard University

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TAYLOR ROOKS | Sports Journalist, Anchor & Interviewer; Host and Executive Producer of Take It There With Taylor Rooks

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RENEE MONTGOMERY | Co-Owner & Vice President of the Atlanta Dream, First WNBA Player to Become an Owner and Executive of a WNBA Team

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YABA BLAY | Trusted Thought Leader on Global Black Identity and Culture, Black Beauty Politics, Colorism, and White Supremacy; Scholar-Activist and Creator of Locs of LOVE, #PrettyPeriod, and #ProfessionalBlackGirl; Author

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AFUA HIRSCH | Award-Winning Writer, Broadcaster and Film Maker on Issues of Race and Equality

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SYMONE D. SANDERS | Host of MSNBC's SYMONE; Author; Political Strategist; Former Senior Advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris

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TAMRON HALL | Award-Winning Journalist; Host of The Tamron Hall Show; Ambassador for Safe Horizon

ENUMA OKORO | Nigerian-American Author & Lecturer; Columnist for The Financial Times; Global Citizen

KARDEA BROWN | Chef; TV Personality; Host of Food Network's Delicious Miss Brown; Creator of the New Gullah Supper Club

JANET STOVALL | Diversity & Inclusion Pragmatist; Award-Winning Fortune 500 Speechwriter; TED Speaker

CAROLINE RANDALL WILLIAMS | Award-Winning Poet; Scholar of Medicine, Health, and Society; Activist

HELENE COOPER | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author

DR. MARCIA CHATELAIN | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Franchise; Professor of History & African American Studies; Creator of the #FergusonSyllabus

ALLYSON FELIX | Most Decorated U.S. Track & Field Olympic Athlete; Entrepreneur; Founder of Saysh

DR. SIAN PROCTOR | First Black Civilian Astronaut (Inspiration4 Mission); Afrofuturist Artist and Culture Creator; Advocate for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN | Leading and Inspired Voice on Racial Justice; NYT Bestselling Author of I'm Still Here; Executive Producer of The Next Question

SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN | Gold Medal Olympic Track & Field Athlete; Entrepreneur; NCAA and World Record Holder; Gatorade's "Athlete of the Year"

DR. JESSICA B. HARRIS | Leading Authority on Food of the African Diaspora; Culinary Historian; NYT Bestselling Author; James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

LINSEY DAVIS | Two-Time Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Host of World News Tonight Sunday and ABC News Live Prime; Bestselling Children's Author; Advocate for Diversity and Inclusion

BOZOMA SAINT JOHN | Trailblazing Brand Marketing Executive; Named Forbes' "#1 Most Influential CMO"; Change Agent and Innovation Expert

ISHA SESAY | Peabody Award-Winning Journalist; Entrepreneur; Author; First Female CEO of OkayMedia