National Racial Panel

Sharon Lettman-Hicks is the Executive Director and CEO of the National Black Justice Coalition, an organization empowering Black LGBT people. She led a program fighting homophobia in the Black Church at the People For the American Way Foundation.

Greg DeShields is the Managing Director Business Development for Temple University Fox School of Business & School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, where he is also an adjunct instructor.

Kevin Huang, an Asian health advocate for more than 25 years, is the Executive Director of ASIAC, a Philadelphia-based organization serving the health care and social services needs of the Asian and Pacific Islander community.

Emanuel Xavier is a poet, author and LGBT youth activist. He is one of the most significant openly gay Latino spoken word artists of his generation.