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Kirby Farah

is an assistant professor of Anthropology at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Andy Hirschfeld

is a reporter focusing on cost of living issues. He writes for publications including Al Jazeera English, Observer, OZY, Salon, CNBC and many others. He’s also the anchor for the

Chad J. Reich

is a freelance journalist, multimedia producer and MFA candidate at the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University. His MFA documentary “A Monolithic Folly: Fracking Colorado’s North Fork Valley,” was

Frank Hopper

, Tlingit, is a freelance Native journalist born in Juneau, Alaska, now living in Tacoma, Washington. His work appears in Last Real Indians, The Stranger, and Indian Country Today. His

Denise Padín Collazo

is a social justice leader, a mentor to women of color, and a family work integrator. She is the author of Thriving in the Fight: A Survival Manual for Latinas on

Dharna Noor

is a staff writer at Earther whose writing has appeared in Truthout, Jacobin, and the Baltimore Beat.

Philip Warburg

is a senior fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy. He is the author of “Harness the Sun: America’s Quest for a Solar Powered Future.”

Frank Sesno

is the director of the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. In 2009, he started Planet Forward, to launch a new generation of environmental storytellers, which now

Jeff Feng

is a PhD candidate in political science with an emphasis in feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and researches queer climate justice. Feng is based in Arlington,

Ivana Ramirez

is a student at Yale University and a writer for the Yale Politic.

Laura Paskus

is an environmental journalist and a correspondent whose work has been widely published.

Melissa Godin

is a Canadian journalist reporting on the intersection of climate change, gender, international development, migration and human rights. She has worked for TIME Magazine and the New York Times. You

Lauren Stroh

is a writer and editor based in New Orleans. Her writing has been published by Bookforum, The Guardian, Hyperallergic, Public Books, and in Speed of Resin, from dispersed holdings and Cooperative Editions, among other places.

Richard Arlin Walker

, Mexican/Yaqui, lives in the Samish homeland of Anacortes, Washington, about 80 miles northwest of Seattle.

Jessica Kutz

is the gender, climate and sustainability reporter for The 19th. Previously, she was an editor and reporter at High Country News and her work has been republished in many outlets

Jeremy Deaton

is the associate editorial director of Nexus Media, where he covers climate, energy, science, and technology. His work has appeared in outlets such as HuffPost, Quartz, Fast Company, Popular Science,

Oliver Milman

is an environment reporter for Guardian US.

Jonathan Garcia

, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor and Program Director of Global Health at Oregon State University. Born in Medellin, Colombia, his work strives to achieve health equity for Latinx queer immigrants

Jennifer Ho

is a professor of Asian American Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the daughter of a refugee father from China and an immigrant mother from Jamaica. She

Nobuko Miyamoto

is a third-generation Japanese American songwriter, dance and theater artist, and activist. She is the artistic director of Great Leap. Her work has explored ways to reclaim and decolonize our

Gheni Platenburg

is a freelance journalist with a passion for covering issues related to race, politics and social justice. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Lilly and the Victoria

Fiza Pirani

is an independent journalist, writer and editor covering immigration, immigrant experiences, mental health, and mental illness. She focus on immigrant communities and the American South. She is the founder of

Jameka Hartley

earned her Ph.D. from the University of Alabama. She is a Black feminist scholar with a background as an applied researcher. She teaches and writes about issues of motherhood, popular

Amy M. Alvarez

has been awarded fellowships from CantoMundo, VONA, Macondo, VCCA, and Furious Flower Poetry Center. Her poetry has appeared in nationally and internationally recognized literary journals including Crazyhorse, The Missouri Review,

Aallyah Wright

reports on rural affairs and leads race and equity coverage for Stateline. Previously, Aallyah worked for Mississippi Today, a digital nonprofit newsroom covering K-12 education and government in the Mississippi
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