Equity Summit 2018 | PolicyLink | 11 April 2018 | Hyatt Regency, 151 E Upper Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA

The equity movement was built for this moment. Our strength and the potency of the equity agenda can propel the nation toward a more just, inclusive, and prosperous future.

The Summit theme Our Power. Our Future. Our Nation. will drive the tenor and content of the plenaries, forums, workshops, and other programming. The following information provides a preview of what participants can expect at Equity Summit 2018. As Summit content continues to evolve over the coming months, we will share more detailed information on this page, and in late fall 2017, participants will be invited to register for pre-Summit activities, including in-depth, interactive training sessions and mobile workshops that will take place in sites across Chicago.

2018 Speakers

Ai-jen Poo
Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Ana Garcia-Ashley
Executive Director, Gamaliel Foundation

Angela Brown
VP for Policy and Program, CFLeads

Charlene Carruthers
National Director, Black Youth Project 100

Dana Harvey
Executive Director, Mandela MarketPlace

Deepa Iyer
Senior Fellow, Center for Social Inclusion

Derek R. B. Douglas
Vice President for Civic Engagement and External Affairs, The University of Chicago

Derrick Johnson
President & CEO, NAACP

Eugene Chan
Chief Information Officer, PolicyLink

Gar Alperovitz
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, The Democracy Collaborative, Next System Project

Helen Gym
City Councilmember At-Large, City Council of Philadelphia

Jane Hereth

Jeff Chang
Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford University

Jennifer Epps-Addison
Network President and Co-Executive Director, Center for Popular Democracy

José Cisneros
Treasurer, City and County of San Francisco

Jose Antonio Vargas
Founder and CEO, Define American

Judith Bell
Vice President of Programs, San Francisco Foundation

Kent Wong
Director, UCLA Labor Center

Lata Reddy
Senior Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion and Impact, Prudential Financial, The Prudential Foundation

Lauren Abramson
Founder, Community Conferencing Center

Linda Sarsour
Executive Director, MPower Change

Manuel Pastor
Director, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration

Maria Teresa Kumar
Executive Director, Voto Latino

Marian Wright Edelman
Founder & President, Children's Defense Fund

Mark Kramer
Managing Director

Michael Tubbs
Mayor, City of Stockton, CA

Patrisse Cullors
Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter

Persis Yu
Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center

Rahnee Patrick
Director of Independent Living, Access Living

Rashad Robinson
Executive Director, Color Of Change

Rip Rapson
President and CEO,Kresge Foundation

Tanya Wallace-Gobern
Executive Director, National Black Worker Center Project

Vanita Gupta
President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

LEADING:
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Prudential

PARTNERS:
• The Annie E. Casey Foundatio
• The Barr Foundation
• JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• Citi Community Development
• The Kresge Foundation
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

SPONSORS:
• The Chicago Community Foundation
• The Field Foundation of Illinois
• The Garfield Foundation
• The James Irvine Foundation
• The Joyce Foundation
• Melville Charitable Trust
• Surdna Foundation