Bikash K. Bhattacharya
is an independent writer and graduate student of anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin from fall 2023. His writing has appeared in The Third Pole, Mongabay, The Indian
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Moya Bailey
is a professor at Northwestern University, the founder of the Digital Apothecary, and co-founder of the Black Feminist Health Science Studies Collective. Her work focuses on marginalized groups’ use of
Kalpana Sunder
is an independent journalist based in Chennai, India. She has written for the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Christian Science Monitor and the South China morning Post.
Ayako Miyashita
is an adjunct professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare. As co-director for the Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center (SCHPRC), Professor Miyashita collaborates on
Toby Jenkins
is a highly sought after expert in the areas of diversity, equity & inclusion, cultural inclusiveness in higher education, and student affairs administration. Dr. Jenkins has authored six books focused
Gina Clayton-Johnson
is the Executive Director of Essie Justice Group, which she founded (named after her great grandmother Essie Bailey) in 2014 to harness the collective power of women with incarcerated loved
C. Dreams
is a writer and advocate interested in criminal-justice and prison reform, LGBTQ rights, harm reduction, and government/cultural criticism.
Alicia Kennedy
is a writer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She writes a weekly newsletter on food culture, politics, and media called From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, and she is
Chantal Flores
is an independent journalist based in Monterrey, Mexico. She covers gender violence, enforced disappearance, and social justice.
Torsheta Jackson
is the Mississippi Free Press’s award-winning education-equity reporter, in partnership with Report for America. She is passionate about telling the unique and personal stories of the people, places and events
Kinjo Kiema
is a Kenyan American organizer and writer based in Washington, D.C. You can read her writing at KinjoKiema.com.
Reece Sisto
is a writer and potentially the world’s youngest snowbird. When he’s not writing, he’s lifting, hiking, dancing, and otherwise risking long-term joint damage.
S.E. Smith
is a National Magazine Award–winning, Northern California–based journalist, essayist, and editor.
Caty Borum
is executive director of the Center for Media & Social Impact; associate professor of communication at American University; author of Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change; and
Fatima Faizi
is an Afghan journalist who fled the country after the Taliban came to power last year. She has reported on Afghanistan for The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Grid News
Angela Sterritt
is an award-winning journalist, writer, and artist. Sterritt has worked as a journalist for close to twenty years and has been with the CBC since 2003. She currently works with
Aram Goudsouzian
is the Bizot Family Professor of History at the University of Memphis, where he teaches courses on modern American history, with a particular focus on race, politics, and culture. His
Ariella Cook-Shonkoff
is a licensed therapist, art therapist, and writer based in Berkeley, California. She writes at the intersection of climate, parenting, and mental health. Ariella chairs the creative arts & climate
G. Samantha Rosenthal
is Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of the Public History Concentration at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. She is the author of two books, Living Queer History: Remembrance and
Brooke Anderson
is a freelance photographer and photojournalist based on unceded Ohlone land in Oakland, CA. Her most recent work can be found in YES! Magazine, Teen Vogue, and In These Times.
Yasmin Moll
is an anthropologist of religion and media with expertise in the Middle East. She is also a visual and multimodal ethnographer. Her research is informed by a conceptual attunement to
Sheilah Y. Kimble
is the founder of The Arthur Lee Duncantell II Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works to address domestic violence among boys and men, and the author of Paralyzed In Pain and several
Katharine Gammon
is a freelance science writer based in Santa Monica, California, and writes for a wide range of publications covering environment, culture, tech and science.
Britany Robinson
is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Oregon. She covers climate change and solutions for a more sustainable future.
Farah Tanis
is the Executive Director and cofounder of Black Women’s Blueprint, Inc. Farah is an internationally acclaimed grassroots activist and advocate for Black women and girls. She has over 20 years
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