Read MoreLawrence H. Parks (Larry) is a co-founder of Forethought Advisors – an advocacy, lobbying and strategic corporate solutions firm – specializing in financial services. Prior to establishing Forethought Advisors Mr. Parks was Senior Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs for the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBSF).
Dianne Wilkerson has devoted her professional career to fighting for equity, fairness and justice. Her legal career was marked with precedent setting victories integrating public housing in Boston, securing the largest settlement against HUD in the history of the agency and representing thousands of Black senior homeowners in a 2nd mortgage scam that threatened to destabilize an entire community. Her legislative career was highlighted by first in the nation: CRA in Insurance law, state run commission to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities, comprehensive anti-predatory lending bill and the only profiling bill to cover race and gender as well as an impressive list of economic and equity policies that endure to this day.. She continues her effective advocacy now focused on economic development and wealth building, voting rights and criminal justice reform.
Read MoreRead MoreAndrea Flores is the deputy director of policy for the ACLU’s Equality Division, with a focus on immigration advocacy. She is an attorney and immigration policy expert based in Washington D.C. For the last two years, Andrea has been practicing law and consulting for clients on immigration policy.
Read MoreDr. Rashawn Ray is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at The Brookings Institution. He is also an Associate Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of the Lab for Applied Social Science Research (LASSR) at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is one of the co-editors of Contexts Magazine: Sociology for the Public. Formerly, Ray was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Research Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and he currently serves on the National Advisory Committee for the RWJF Health Policy Research Scholars Program.
Read MoreSamantha Master is a Black, queer, feminist activist, advocate, and educator. Her work at the intersections of racial, gender and LGBTQ justice has been chronicled in several publications including TheRoot, TheGrio, Swerv Magazine, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, HBCU Digest, and most recently in the multi-award winning film, The New Black. She has been named a National Black Justice Coalition Emerging Leader, is a member of the Black Youth Project 100, and a board member of Serving and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL)--an LGBTQ youth-focused non-profit.
Read MoreSamantha Master is a Black, queer, feminist activist, advocate, and educator. Her work at the intersections of racial, gender and LGBTQ justice has been chronicled in several publications including TheRoot, TheGrio, Swerv Magazine, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, HBCU Digest, and most recently in the multi-award winning film, The New Black. She has been named a National Black Justice Coalition Emerging Leader, is a member of the Black Youth Project 100, and a board member of Serving and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL)--an LGBTQ youth-focused non-profit.
