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PHENOMS
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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Steve Kornacki, Doja Cat, Brit Bennett,
Sydney McLaughlin, Davido, Trevor Lawrence, Nyjah Huston,
Anya Taylor-Joy, Amanda Gorman, Olivia Rodrigo, Janja Garnbret,
Koyoharu Gotouge, Luka Doncic, Regé-Jean Page, Abby Phillip,
Charli D’Amelio and Izkia Siches Pastén
INNOVATORS
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Telfar Clemens, Kizzmekia Corbett, Sarah Al Amiri,
Olugbenga Agboola, Sohla El-Waylly, Nsé Ufot, Robin Carhart-Harris,
Sumayya Vally, Ranga Dias, Li Jiaqi, Chloé Zhao, Lina Khan,
Clementine Jacoby, John Jumper, Rohan Pavuluri, Jason Ballard,
Ayesha Verrall, Omar Tate and Anthony Ramos
LEADERS
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Sanna Marin, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Parker Poling,
Rishi Sunak, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Ben Sasse, Vijaya Gadde,
Johnny Chiang, Vanessa Nakate, Apoorva Mehta, Guilherme Boulos,
Adam Kinzinger, Guo Ningning, Jake Sullivan, Mercedes D’Alessandro,
Raphael Warnock, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Lina Hidalgo,
Arnon Nampa, Vladimir Tenev, Maria Raga and Jon Ossoff
ARTISTS
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Dua Lipa, Amoako Boafo, Misha Green, Luke Combs,
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Chloe X Halle, Salman Toor, Amber Ruffin, Jon Henry,
Anitta, Ana de Armas, Florence Pugh, Phoebe Bridgers,
Shira Haas, Lil Baby and John Wilson
ADVOCATES
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Marcus Rashford, Dairon Elisondo Rojas, Jang Hye-yeong,
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Nadeen Ashraf, Aurélia Nguyen,
Tristan Harris, Hadi Al Khatib, Alex Stamos, Renee Montgomery,
Brian Hooks, Meyne Wyatt, Shikha Gupta, Mónica Ramírez,
Damilola Odufuwa, Feyikemi “FK” Abudu, Odunayo Eweniyi,
Bart Staszewski, Jonathan Stith, Ijeoma Oluo,
Chandra Shekhar Aazad, Jessica Byrd and Paloma Elsesser
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