is associate professor of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and author of the award-winning Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of Critical Race Theory.
(she/her) is the Climate Justice Initiative Coordinator at NDN Collective. Born and raised on the island of O’ahu, she now lives in Kumeyaay territory in San Diego where she works
(he/him), is an ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi (Native Hawaiian) from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi and the director of NDN Collective’s Climate Justice Initiative. Davis has spent nearly 15 years as an advocate for ʻāina
Ph.D., is an associate professor of critical disability studies in education in the Urban Education Department at Rutgers University-Newark. Her research examines the hyper-labeling of multiply-minoritized students and how constructs
grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and is currently based there covering health equity issues throughout Los Angeles County. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cal State L.A. and
is an associate professor of Arabic in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at
is an assistant professor of race, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. She is coauthor, with Ambika Kamath, of Feminism in the Wild: How Human
is an award-winning investigative journalist with Sentient who is based in Durham, North Carolina. They have written for Civil Eats, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The
is a change agent, activist, organizer, planner, and nonprofit management consultant. He is a co-director and collective member of Movement Generation and the co-owner of Sirius Creativity. Born and raised
is a writer, an urban planner, and an oral historian. He previously served as the chief researcher on Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas and as the editor in chief of
Ph.D., is a non-resident W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellow at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. Russell can be reached out www.dralexandriarussell.com.
(he/him) is a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, an organizer, social entrepreneur, community builder, and Movement Leader. He is the founder and CEO of the NDN Collective. Tilsen has
is a reporter based in the Eastern Sierra, covering health inequalities in rural California. Her reporting on wildfire smoke and reproductive health care access for the California Health Report earned
is a writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama. His work has appeared in The Guardian, MTV, Truthout, British Journal of Photography, and Pitchfork, among others. He is the author of
is a Nigerian-born, London-based writer and architect whose work centers on culturally diverse characters, particularly female protagonists standing strong in challenging conditions. Her novel, Augmented, was the inaugural winner of
is a writer from Guadeloupe (a butterfly-shaped island in the Caribbean). She is a Black woman of trans experience, currently residing in Paris, at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities
is a writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. She works as a development communicator, helping nonprofits reach the grassroots, communicate their ideas, and document their impacts. Her work has been featured
is an incarcerated essayist serving his 36 year of incarceration without parole in California. He is currently earning his Master of Arts through California State University, Dominguez Hills, and is
is an editorial fellow at Sentient. Her background is in both environmental and science reporting and her work has appeared in The Guardian, Gizmodo, and National Audubon Society. Sotelo holds
covers farming and agricultural policy for Sentient. Her reporting has been published in Truthdig and the Good Men Project. Hussain holds her Master of Science in Animals and Public Policy
is a freelance journalist, poet, and former grassroots organizer. He’s covered politics, culture, and history for outlets like Waging Nonviolence, Scalawag, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Prism, and No Bells. He
is a freelance reporter currently based in Vancouver, Washington. She spent several years covering environmental and climate issues in Texas, where she was born and raised. Her work has been
has been a freelance journalist for nearly 20 years first in agricultural journalism and now in environmental journalism. Currently, he is freelance investigative journalist for Reporters Online and he covers
is a journalist based in Argentina, specializing in solutions journalism and human rights, with a particular focus on the rights of people with disabilities. He spent four years as a
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