Participants

Art Acevedo

Chief, Houston Police Department

Steve Adler

Mayor, City of Austin

Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. Secretary of State

Yamiche Alcindor

White House Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Jamie Azure

Tribal Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

John Hope Bryant

Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc.

Colette Pierce Burnette

President and Chief Executive Officer, Huston-Tillotson University

Shemekia Copeland

GRAMMY-nominated Blues Musician

Karrelle Dixon

Managing Director, Wieden+Kennedy

Angela Evans

Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Duke Fakir

Founding Member of The Four Tops

Julieta Garibay

Texas Director and Co-Founder, United We Dream

Terrance L. Green

Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin

Dolores Huerta

Founder and President, Dolores Huerta Foundation

Jimmy Jam

GRAMMY Award-winning Songwriter and Producer

Valerie Jarrett

Longest-serving Advisor to President Obama and Author

Wyclef Jean

GRAMMY Award-winning Musician

Luci Baines Johnson

Daughter of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Tom Johnson

Chairman Emeritus, LBJ Foundation

Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Civil Rights Activist and Senior Managing Director of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

Peniel E. Joseph

Founding Director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

George Lopez

Comedian, Actor, and Producer

Kathleen McElroy

Director of the School of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin

Cappy McGarr

Co-creator of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor and LBJ Foundation Board Trustee

DeRay Mckesson

Civil Rights Activist and Organizer

Leonard N. Moore

Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin

Aparna Nancherla

Comedian and Actress

Patty Orlando

Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy Portland

Brittany Packnett

Co-host of Pod Save the People and Teach for America's Vice President of National Community Alliances

Cristina Tzintzún Ramírez

Founder and Executive Director, Jolt

Lynda Johnson Robb

Daughter of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Claudette Robinson

Member of The Miracles

Thomas A. Saenz

President and General Counsel, MALDEF

Bob Santelli

Founding Executive Director, GRAMMY Museum

Glenn E. Singleton

Author and Creator of Courageous Conversation

Dulcé Sloan

Comedian and Correspondent for The Daily Show

Victoria DeFrancesco Soto

Director of Civic Engagement and Lecturer, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Bryan Stevenson

Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative

Larry Temple

Chairman, LBJ Foundation

Mark K. Updegrove

President and CEO, LBJ Foundation

Jose Antonio Vargas

Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, Emmy-nominated Filmmaker, and Founder of Define American

Ruth Wasem

Professor of Public Policy Practice, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Mary Wilson

Founding Member of The Supremes

Andrew Young

Civil Rights Legend and former UN Ambassador, Congressman, and Mayor of Atlanta

Sasheer Zamata

Comedian and Former Cast Member of Saturday Night Live

Javier Zamora

Award-winning Salvadoran American Poet and Activist