Speakers Bureau: Creative Artists

Adam Mansbach - Columnist, www.newsone.com

Adelina Anthony - Multi-disciplinary artist

Al Letson - Poet, actor, playwright

Alison Hanold - Associate Director, Center for Social Media at American University

Amal Amireh - Professor of Women and Gender Studies, George Mason University

Amanda “theEndpoet” Furdge - Spoken word artist in the Chicago area

Amina Norman-Hawkins - Writer, performing artists, hip-hop activist

Aya de Leon - Writer, hip hop theater artist, poetic activist, community healer

Ben Herson - Founder and Director, Nomadic Wax

Bernard (Bernie) Kleina - Executive Director, HOPE Fair Housing Center and Photographer

Bill Kavanagh - Producer and Director, Kavanagh Productions

Billie Jean Young - Artist-In-Residence, Judson College

Billy D. Washington - Comedian and musician

Brandon Terrell - Comedian

Bruce George - Co-Founder and Executive Producer, “Russell Simmons’s Def Poetry Jam"

Chaz Maviyane-Davies - Professor of Design, Massachusetts College of Art

Chee Malabar - Musician, Himalayan Project

Christine "PhyaStartah" Gilliam - Spoken Word Poet

Chuck D - Frontman, Public Enemy

Dasan Ahanu - Spoken word artist and community activist

David Rees - Cartoonist, "Get Your War On"

Dawn-Elissa Fischer - Youth and Education Coordinator, Hiphop Archive, Stanford University

Deja Taylor - Poetess, lyricist, writer, actress

DLabrie - MC and community organizer

Ed Burns - Write and Season 5 Executive Producer, "The Wire"

Elvis Mitchell - Film critic, producer, interviewer

Evan Wright - Author and screenwriter, "Generation Kill"

Favianna Rodriguez - Artist and grassroots activist

Galen Peterson - Founding Director, Turf Unity Music Program

Glenn Toby - Rapper, producer, talent manager

Harylm 125 - Actor, poet, activist

Jamie Kilstein - Political stand up comic and co-host of the critically acclaimed radio show "Drunken Politics"

Jessica "FM Supreme" Disu - Poet and community activist

Joseph "Church da poet" Churchwell - Poet, spoken word artist, writer

Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena - Rapper, actor, entrepreneur

Julio Cardenas - Cuban poet and playwright

Justin Krebs - Co-Founder and Executive Director, Living Liberally

Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai - Spoken word artist, playwright, essayist, choreographer

Kenyon Farrow - activist, writer, and community organizer

Kevin Coval - author, spoken word artist

Laughing Liberally - political comedians

Laura Flanders - host, “RadioNation,” Air America Radio

Leah Sapin - programs associate, Media that Matters; freelance artist

Louis Johnson - comedian

M-1 - hip hop recording artist from the underground hip-hop duo Dead Prez

Magee McIlvaine - Co-Founder of Sol Productions, a non-profit film company

Matthew Griffin - network coordinator, Listen Up!; digital media artist

Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh, "Yellow Rage" - spoken word artists

Native Guns - hip hop artists

Neda Sarmast - film maker

Nikki Skies - Author, Activist, Peforming Artist and Educator

Omekongo Dibinga - motivational speaker, tri-lingual poet, author, and educator

Paul Begala - strategist on CNN's The Situation Room, former host of CNN's "Crossfire"

Paul Flores - published poet, playwright, and award winning novelist

Phil Donahue - host of the Phil Donahue show

Pierce Freelon - activist and blogger

Poetic Assassins - Spoken Word Artists, Playwrights, Organizers, Scholars

Rachel Goslins - director, 'Bama Girl

Ralph Nader - consumer advocate

Ras Baraka -

Ryan Gosling - actor and activist

S. Bear Bergman - writer, theater artist, and a queer activist.

Sam Bazuwule - hip hop artist

Sebastian Doggart - director, writer, producer

Staceyann Chin - spoken word artist

Sydnee Stewart - actor; writer; poet

Talib Kweli - hip hop recording artist

Ted Leo - musician

Thomas Frank - author, What’s the Matter with Kansas?

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders - director, producer, photographer

Timothy McCarthy - professor Harvard Kennedy School

Vince Morris - comedian

William Upski Wimsatt - author; founder and executive director, League of Young Voters Education Fund; founder and executive director, League of Young Voters

Yas - hip-hop artist

Yo-Yo - hip hop recording artist