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Jordan Arellano

is a freelance journalist writing about the intersections of art, culture, and travel, and her work has been published in Edible Memphis and the Daily Memphian. She has a Master’s

Meredith Rose

has taught composition and literature at San Francisco City College. Her short stories have been published in a handful of literary magazines. With her life partner, she is raising two

The Center for Cultural Power

is a women of color, artist-led organization, inspiring artists and culture makers to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably and where we live in harmony with nature.

Good Energy

is a story consultancy for the age of climate change. Their mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate stories in scripted tv and film that reflect the world we live
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Ericka Taylor

is the popular education manager for the Take on Wall Street campaign of Americans for Financial Reform. She has more than 25 years of experience in popular education, organizing, and

Dania Wright

is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Atlanta. She works under the name Fluffy Jo. Her creative practice spans more than 15 years, and her work includes painting, graphic design,

Luis A. Romero

is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies at Texas Christian University. He researches immigration enforcement, such as immigration detention, crimmigration, race/racialization/racism, and Latina/o/x Studies in the United

Karen Hooge Michalka

is a sociologist of culture, immigration, and religion. Her work seeks to illuminate how local communities impact the acculturation and integration of new arrivals. 

Jane Hong

is an associate professor of U.S. history at Occidental College and the author of Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion (University of

Laura E. Alexander

is the Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights, University of Nebraska Omaha

Martha Rounds

is a Massachusetts-based writer with a deep interest in Systems-Centered Theory and how living human systems transform. Her work focuses on understanding what motivates individuals and groups to foster positive

Gila K. Berryman

received her MFA from New York University. Her work has appeared in Elle, Lilith Magazine, Transition Magazine, and Entropy. She is working on her first novel.

Sarah Gilman

is a writer and illustrator covering the environment, natural history, and science. A contributing editor at Hakai and bioGraphic magazines, her work has also appeared in High Country News, The Atlantic, and more.

Joaquín Andrés Selva

is a freelance writer, editor, and behavioral neuroscience researcher whose work has appeared in PositivePsychology.com and numerous peer-reviewed neuroscience journals. His website is: joaquinselva.com

Kharyshi Wiginton

is a wildish natured woman, a sensual siren, submissive sex goddess, passionate pleasure pussycat, and a sorceress weaving a world of magic with her art.

Goddess Honey B

is a professional Dominatrix, purveyor of pleasure, and sex and kink educator who is deeply invested in the freedom of Black people, and the exploration and reclamation of our pleasure

Jay Shifman

is the founder of Choose Your Struggle. He works to end stigma and promote honest and fact-based education on mental health, substance misuse, and drug policy.

Quincy Gray McMichael

stewards her farm, Vernal Vibe Rise, on Moneton ancestral land in the mountains of West Virginia.

Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts

is author of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration and a contributor to the anthology You Are Your Best Thing.

Kate Schimel

is a writer and editor based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Most recently, she was managing editor for Searchlight NM, a local investigative news organization. She also edited business, transportation,

Rachel Gertz

is CEO and Dig­i­tal PM Train­er at Loud­er Than Ten. She trains tech work­ers how to trans­form their com­pa­nies through demo­c­ra­t­ic digital project man­age­ment. Her mis­sion at Loud­er Than Ten

T.J. Klune

is a Lambda Literary Award-winning author (Into This River I Drown) and an ex-claims examiner for an insurance company. His novels include the Green Creek series, The House on the

Angela Garbes

is the author of Like a Mother, an NPR Best Book of the Year and finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The

Elizabeth Cripps

is a senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Climate Change and the Moral Agent. A moral philosopher with a focus on climate ethics and justice,

Angela Kim

is a disabled Korean American writer and has had her essays, poetry, and scholarship published in Routledge Advances in Disability Studies and Model Minority Magazine, among others. Angela has been involved in violence prevention
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