Participants include: US Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan; US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack; First Lady of New York City Chirlane McCray;
MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews, Joy - Ann Reid and Krystal Ball; talk show host Wendy Williams, the parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis; parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Ana Marquez - Greene; Harvard University Professor Dr. Charles Ogletree; NBC News legal analyst and author Lisa Bloom; William H. «Billy» Murphy Jr., Esq.; Essence Magazine notables Michelle Ebanks and Susan Taylor; Viacom's Marva Smalls; The
Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel; actor Malik Yoba; and members of Congress.
She has used these tools and served as an expert panelist on
MSNBC's
Education Nation where she highlighted her work with a model Dual Language School and her focus on ensuring the success of all subgroups, including English learners.