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Jeannie Mai

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Elizabeth Nyamayaro

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Michael 'Killer Mike' Render

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Robin Thede

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Paola Ramos

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Christine Simmons

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Tenoch Huerta

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Gabriella Karefa-Johnson

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Wanda Sykes

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Christian Siriano

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Brian Michael Bendis

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Mahershala Ali

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Alexis McGill Johnson

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James Blake

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Eric Nam

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Afua Hirsch

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Isha Sesay

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Jacqueline Sanderlin

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Ginni Rometty

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Amanda Gorman

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Dr. Marcia Chatelain

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Abby Wambach

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Merryl Tengesdal

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Enuma Okoro

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Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

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Qian Julie Wang

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Jay Caspian Kang

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Taylor Cassidy

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Gina Belafonte

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Thai Randolph

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Joel Bervell

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Victoria Eady Butler

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Sasha DiGiulian

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Kahlil Greene

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Lindsay Gottlieb

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Brandon Marshall

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Masai Ujiri

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gmoney

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Candace Parker

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Janelle Monáe

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Tyler Oakley

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Taylor Rooks

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Michael B. Jordan

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W. Kamau Bell

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Jennifer Palmieri

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Glennon Doyle

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Venus Williams

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Charles Blow

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Stacey Abrams

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Desiree Rogers

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Tiffany D. Cross

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Richie Jackson

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Dylan Alcott

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Angie Thomas

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Ryan Coogler

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Cari Champion

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Vic Blends

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Steven Lim

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Rohini Kosoglu

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Serena Williams

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Kelsey Plum

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Laura Ling

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Ann Curry

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Christopher Wylie

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Riz Ahmed

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Brandon Kyle Goodman

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Anne Sweeney

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

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Sekou Kaalund

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Eitan Bernath

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Michael Smith

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Mohsin Hamid

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Chad Easterling

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Dean Obeidallah

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Jason Y. Lee

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Julia Gillard

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Jemar Tisby

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Lisa Ling

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Billie Jean King

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Damaris Phillips

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Eugene Lee Yang

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Linsey Davis

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Gloria Steinem

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Wendy Davis

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Austin Channing Brown

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Michael R. Jackson

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Folake Olowofoyeku

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Janet Stovall

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The Second City

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Brandon P. Fleming

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Vernice Armour

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Freada Kapor Klein & Mitch Kapor

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Sara Sidner

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Seema Hingorani

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Cassie Kozyrkov

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Attica Locke

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Kendra Bracken-Ferguson

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Katica Roy

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Erika Karp

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Jessica Malaty Rivera

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Tina Tchen

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Belinda Parmar, OBE

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Martin Luther King, III

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