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National Speakers

Wendy Smooth

Associate Professor of Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies; Assoc. Dean Diversity, Equity & Inclusion College of Arts & Sciences, The Ohio State University

Wendy G. Smooth, Ph.D. is Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer for the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University. She holds

Silismar Suriel

Program Coordinator, Center for Latino Arts and Culture (CLAC)

Darnell Thompson

Assistant Director of Education, Rutgers Center for Social Justice & LGBT Communities

Emily Turner

Co-Founder, Starkville Pride

Emily Turner was born in Starkville, Mississippi. She attended Starkville High School, and then Mississippi State University, where she majored in architecture and minored in English. During college, she co-founded

Debbie Walsh

Director, Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)

Debbie Walsh is director of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. CAWP is nationally recognized as the