is a Harlem-based artist who has served as executive artistic director at National Black Theatre since 2012 under the leadership of CEO Sade Lythcott. A two-time Obie Award-winning, and Tony-

is a fat mixed-race Black, non-binary and trans, queer, and disabled imaginator with more than 12 years of organizing and facilitation expertise. They have created many spaces that encourage deeper

is a freelance journalist, photodocumentarist, and OptOut News Climate Editor. Her work is mostly focused on climate justice, socioenvironmental issues and migration. She is a Pulitzer Center Rainforest grantee and

is currently the director of training for Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD), and is a somatic practitioner or “aliveness doula,” writer, and poet. She spent 25 years as

is a lesbian journalist, editor, and author. She covers identity, power, culture, and health. In addition to being a YES! contributor, Youngblood Gregory’s work has been featured in The New York

is a journalist, researcher, and teacher. She is a contributing writer at arts and cultural heritage platform Curationist. Reina was previously a contributing food writer at Atlas Obscura, a columnist

is an award-winning freelance journalist, covering a broad range of beats including climate, global health, migration, human rights and cities, often through a critical, solutions-orientated lens. He specialises in on-the-ground

is a writer, theatre artist, and audio producer in the Mountain South. Currently, Myers works as a Climate Solutions Fellow with Grist Magazine and before that as a reporter with

is a journalist based in Chicago who covers culture, labor, and climate change. She’s a 2023-2024 Grist Fellow in Environmental Justice.

is an assistant professor of law at Georgia State University.

is an artist, designer and world-builder living in Brooklyn, New York. She has a BA in environmental analysis and policy from Boston University, an MSW in social innovation from Boston

is an adopted person, a high school dropout, and a former trial attorney who lives in North Florida. Her work appears in The New York Times, Witness, and elsewhere. Learn

is a freelance writer currently based in London who focuses on gender, sexuality, policy, and pop culture. His bylines include The Guardian, HuffPost, Bitch Media, Archer Magazine, Assemble Papers, and more.

is a graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she covers art, culture, gender, underrepresented groups, and social justice issues.