Katie Koestner is the first woman in the United States to speak out nationally and publicly as the victim of campus “date” rape at age 18. Katie has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News, CNBC Talk Live, CNN, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Later Today, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight and other national television programs. Katie is the subject of an HBO movie and has lectured for over 5000 schools and organizations in North America and around the world.

Nancy Hogshead is a three-time Olympic champion in swimming, a civil rights lawyer, and founder of Champion Women. She was violently raped as a sophomore in college. She was able to thrive (3 Olympic golds!) because of the extraordinary accommodations Duke provided her, and her girlfriends.

Gordon Braxton has trained over 250,000 people at 300+ K-12 schools, military bases and institutions of higher education around sexual misconduct issues and bystander engagement. He was the recipient of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award, the University of Virginia’s most prestigious award for humanitarian service, and is the author of the upcoming book “Men of Tomorrow: Raising Black Boys to Resist Rape Culture.

Kateri Marie Marion is an Anishinaabekwe mother, survivor advocate, educator, and professional speaker, and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She brings more than 12 years of experience in early childhood, K–12, and special education. As the OVC Internship Coordinator at First Nations Women’s Alliance, she helps prepare the next generation of Native advocates. Drawing on her experiences of sexual assault, domestic violence, and institutional abuse, Kateri speaks about survivor support, accountability, and healing. 

Kiki T. is a Hawaii-born, Los Angeles-based artist and songwriter creating dark tropipop with a purpose. She is the creator and lead artist behind “Final Girl,” a five-woman collaboration that reimagines the horror-movie Final Girl as a symbol of survival, solidarity, and breaking the cycle. Her share of master streaming royalties from “Final Girl” will benefit organizations supporting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence for one year. In partnership with Take Back The Night, Kiki is also using the campaign to create fundraising and awareness activations that invite listeners to participate, donate, and stand with survivors. 

Jon Vaughn is a former University of Michigan and NFL running back who has spent more than thirty years advocating for survivors of institutional sexual abuse. In 2021 he stood alone outside the University of Michigan president’s residence until the institution answered for what a team doctor had done to more than 2,100 students across half a century. He speaks internationally, including at U.S. military installations, and is co-author of Co-Pay, forthcoming from the American Bar Association.

Stacey Pinkerton is an international keynote speaker and advocate for change in public policy regarding sexual assault. She is an activist working to change the laws to protect the vulnerable against predators. Stacey is also a former TV and radio talk show host and a lecturer on Abuse of Power for institutions, organizations and companies.  Stacey first spoke publicly after the 2018 sentencing of Bill Cosby. Since then she has been featured in The Sunday Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan among many others. Stacey participated in the award winning documentaries, We Need To Talk About Cosby, Chasing Cosby, along with Sundance Film Festival Q&A, and The Case Against Cosby. She shared her insight in the book Burn It Down: Power Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood (Maureen Ryan).

Ashley Bendiksen is a national speaker, survivor-advocate, and subject matter expert in domestic and sexual violence, teen dating violence, and trauma resilience. Her lived experience is complemented by extensive field experience spanning the criminal justice system, victim services, primary prevention, policy, and advocacy. Today, her work supports schools, college campuses, communities, and organizations nationwide. She has held board leadership roles, founded a global storytelling platform for survivors, co-owns a youth consulting agency, and is the author of A Kids Book About Boundaries.

Ann J. Simonton is a survivor who has spent her life confronting a culture that dehumanizes women. An internationally recognized activist, author, and media literacy advocate, she’s lectured at hundreds of universities, from Amherst, Barnard, Brown, and Dartmouth to Stanford. Arrested 11 times for nonviolent civil disobedience, she’s used radical street theater—including wearing outfits made from real meat—to force the public to confront the reality that women are often viewed as a hunk of meat.A former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model, she’s turned her firsthand experience into a powerful critique of its cultural consequences. 

After founding, scaling and selling a 200-person government contracting firm in DC, Sumi X is pursuing her new dream of being a pop music artist and using art to fuel social change.She has been featured in the Washingtonian, Inc. 30 under 30, Forbes, honored at the White House and her music has been reviewed in music magazines including Hit Parade, Fault, Galore, Kaltblut, Ladygunn, Too Much Love, and Rival. WFNM called her “one of the most important voices in pop music today.” Sumi is also the host of Dream Life Club, a podcast that has landed in Apple’s Top 100 and Top 25 Society and Culture.