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APB speaker Cleve Jones is a renowned activist whose work began in the 1970s during the gay liberation movement. A mentee of groundbreaking LGBTQ+ activist Harvey Milk, Jones has gone on to co-found the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, create the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and publish the memoir, When We Rise.

Anchor of Inside Politics, CNN’s Chief National Correspondent and speaker John King breaks down different mail-in voting rules throughout the United States as President Trump is constantly claiming voter fraud by mail ahead of this year’s election.

A political analyst for NBC and MSNBC and chief public affairs officer for MoveOn, Karine Jean-Pierre is now Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff! Karine might be a new name to many, but she has been fighting against inequality for years.

Foreign policy expert, technologist, presidential historian, and New York Times bestselling author Jared Cohen has a trained eye to reflect on and learn from the past. In his latest Boston Globe op-ed, Cohen says the vice presidential choice has not proven this significant since 1944.  

Former CEO and chair of BET Networks, APB speaker Debra Lee is one of the most powerful women in the media and entertainment industries. Now a member of the P&G board’s Compensation and Leadership Development Committee as well as the Governance and Public Responsibility Committee, Lee is the only Black member of the P&G board.

A bestselling author and gifted interviewer, APB’s Kelly Corrigan is hosting a new heartfelt interview series called Tell Me More (inspired by her book of the same name) on PBS NewsHour. In this series, Kelly will conduct candid conversations with influential leaders in their fields. “What I most look forward to exploring in Tell Me More is the deep, undeniable connection we share with one another, which is not always as apparent and palpable as it could be,” said Kelly Corrigan. “With more empathy and less judgment, we’re bound to be better versions of ourselves, individually and collectively.”

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and with everything from the pandemic to the fight against racial injustice, many people are at the breaking point and experts say support is needed. APB speaker Mike Veny offers advice during this crucial time by sharing his own personal story. He had behavioral problems from a very young age, attempting suicide for the first time as a 10-year-old. He would later learn he was suffering from depression.

A thought leader in health policy, APB speaker Daniel E. Dawes J.D. is a nationally recognized healthcare leader, attorney, policy expert, administrator and author who has been at the forefront of recent major federal healthcare policy negotiations in the United States. His most recent accomplishment is helping to “establish a national COVID-19 resiliency network (NCRN)” that shines a light on the communities that have been ignored.

Former White House communications director, noted political and digital strategist, and Pod Save America co-host, APB's Dan Pfeiffer says the Lincoln Project is masterful at going viral during campaign season. The vast majority of ads the Lincoln Project has released thus far are unlikely to move a single voter, and that isn’t what they were designed to do. In his recent Crooked article, Pfeiffer says the Lincoln Project ads only appeal to a certain subset of people and maybe not the voting Democrats specifically. “There is no question that the Lincoln Project is playing a role in shifting media narratives against Trump by releasing punchy, emotionally evocative spots responding to Trump within the same news cycles. The fact that these attacks come from Republicans widely respected by the political press corps make them even more influential. This is of great value and shouldn’t be dismissed.”  

One of ten children born to a mother that suffered from both mental illness and substance use disorder, Christina Meredith endured years of traumatic abuse. Empowering others with her inspiring life story, Christina survived sexual, mental and emotional abuse, poverty and homelessness to forge a life committed to helping others. Through strong faith, hard work, and creativity she went on to become Miss California, enroll in college, found her own nonprofit foundation, and pursue the path to becoming a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army.