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Jazmin “Sunny” Murphy

is a researcher and writer with a special interest in U.S.-based Indigenous and African diasporic peoples’ connections to land and their influence on, and contributions to, individual and collective agency

Anna Belle

is a New York City-based videographer and producer for InsideClimate News. Before joining ICN, she worked on projects ranging from an exposé with Bill Moyers to PBS FRONTLINE investigations. She

Maddie Kornfeld

is a summer intern at InsideClimate News. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree at the Newmark School of Journalism in New York City, where she focuses on climate change

Jennifer Sarrett

is a lecturer at Emory University’s Center for the Study of Human Health, where she teaches courses in health, ethics, human rights, and disability. Her work focuses on intellectual and

N. Jamiyla Chisholm

writes about arts and culture for the daily racial justice news website Colorlines. She is also an editorial consultant who leads creative web content at Barnard College.

Marianne Dhenin

is a YES! Media contributing writer. Find their portfolio and contact them at mariannedhenin.com.

Eli Reiter

is a graduate student at the University of Chicago, and a writer, storyteller, and educator whose work focuses on climate, income inequality, politics, religion, and culture. His commentary and essays

Angélica Durán-Martínez

is an Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts Lowell. She holds an MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University, and a BA in Political

Abraham I. Khan

is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Communication Arts & Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. His scholarship considers the relationship between African American rhetoric and the history of sport

Thenmozhi Soundararajan

is a Dalit technologist, artist, and activist who is the founder of Equality Labs, a Dalit civil rights organization working to empower caste oppressed people in the United States and

Judith D. Schwartz

is a journalist whose work explores nature-based solutions to global environmental and economic challenges. She is the author of Cows Save the Planet and Water in Plain Sight. A graduate

Jonathan Obert

is an assistant professor of political science at Amherst College. His scholarship centers on American politics and state formation, with a focus on questions related to violence, coercion and conflict,

Megan Cattel

is a freelancer who has previously interned at the Center for Public Integrity and covered immigration for Uptown Radio. She also wrote for local arts and culture outlets while teaching

Kiratiana Freelon

is an independent journalist based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her work about Brazil has been published in The Washington Post, New York Magazine, The Root, The Christian Science Monitor

Paul F. Clark

is a professor and director of the School of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State University. His research has focused on employment relations in the U.S. healthcare, steel, and

Francine Berman

is the Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Erika Bocknek

is an associate professor of Educational Psychology at Wayne State University.

Bridget Quinn

is author of the award-winning Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order). A graduate of New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and a

Tamara E. Holmes

is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist who writes regularly about the intersection between health, wealth, and happiness. 

Naomi Zewde

is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy at the City University of New York and a research fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 

Michael Harriot

is a senior writer at TheRoot.com covering the intersection of race, politics and culture. His book, BlackAF History, will be released in the spring of 2021. 

Opal Tometi

is a Nigerian-American human rights activist, writer, strategist, and community organizer. She is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter.

Patrisse Cullors

an American artist and activist, and a co-founder of Black Lives Matter.

Nicole Lewis

writes about the criminal justice system at The Marshall Project, and previously wrote the Washington Post’s “The Fact Checker” blog. She is based in Brooklyn, New York. 
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