Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena, Rapper, Actor, Entrepreneur

Bakari Kitwana, Director of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip Hop, and Author of The Hip Hop Generation

Alexis McGill, Executive Director, Citizen Change

Amina Norman-Hawkins, President, Chicago Hip Hop Initiative

Billy Wimsatt, Executive Director, League of Young Voters

Jeff Johnson, Senior Advisor for Youth and Urban Outreach, People for the American Way