Josh Cohen
is a freelance reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s written for The Guardian, The Nation, CityLab, Next City, Crosscut and others.
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Richard D. Wolff
is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, NYC. He taught economics at Yale University,
Jessica Martinaitis
is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Chicago. She has spent the past year covering social issues in Chicago and Wisconsin criminal justice, school discipline reform, women’s rights
Mary Hall
is a digital journalist who uses her experience in multimedia, research, and project management to creatively and authentically tell social justice stories. She has a wide range of experiences, from
Virginia Gewin
is a freelance science journalist based in Portland, Oregon. She writes about biodiversity, climate change, and food security. Her work appears in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Popular Science, bioGraphic, The
Vanessa Cavanagh
is an Aboriginal woman with Bundjalung (NSW north coast) and Wonnarua (NSW Hunter region) ancestry. Vanessa is an Associate Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong. She has more
Jessica Weir
is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. Dr. Weir investigates the socialcultural dimensions of environmental management, spanning issues of natural hazards,
Bhiamie Williamson
is a Euahlayi man from north-west NSW and south-west Qld with family ties to north-west Qld. Bhiamie’s fields of professional and academic experience include Indigenous land and water management, Indigenous
Rose Himber Howse
is a queer freelance and fiction writer from North Carolina.
Khaliun Bayartsogt
is a freelance journalist in Mongolia, She often writes for Agence France-Presse and Nikkei Asian Reivew, and is one of the few reporters who covers her country in English. She
Charlton D. McIlwain
is Vice Provost of Faculty Engagement & Development at New York University, and Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU’s Steinhardt School. He is also the Founder of the
Dawn Tyree
wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Dawn is a writer, an activist and a founding member of the National Coalition to End Child Marriage in the United States. Her story has
Joseph Darius Jaafari
is a staff writer for the PA Post. His work covering crime, the military, and LGBTQ issues has been featured in The Marshall Project, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Atlantic, and
OiYan Poon, Ph.D.
(she, her, hers) is an associate professor of Higher Education and Director of the Race & Intersectional Studies for Educational Equity (RISE) Center at Colorado State University. Her research focuses
Naseeb Bhangal, M.Ed.
(she, her, hers) is currently a first-year doctoral student in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education Ph.D. program at Michigan State University. Before MSU, Naseeb, who is originally a West
KK Ottesen
is an author and photographer who shares the stories of peoples’ lives through first-person narrative interviews and photographic portraits. Through her work, she seeks to break down barriers and stereotypes
Anna-Cat Brigida
is a freelance journalist who covers human rights, immigration and security in Central America. She has been based in the region since 2015.
Courtney E. Martin
is a sandwich generation caregiver with a substack newsletter called “Examined Family,” and is also the storyteller-in-residence at The Holding Co, a lab to redesign care. She is also the
Jason G. Goldman
is a science journalist and wildlife reporter who covers stories in animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology from around the world. He has written for National Geographic, Scientific American, Los Angeles Magazine, Teen
The Gottman Institute
provides practical, research-based tools to strengthen relationships.
Kate Werning
(she/her) is the founding Director of Irresistible, a media project supporting the healing and sustainability of organizers & social justice leaders worldwide. She has worked as an organizer for the
Francesca Dabecco
is a freelance journalist based in Pittsburgh with a knack for stories about food, culture, activism, and sustainability.
Breanna Draxler
is a senior editor at YES!, where she leads coverage of climate and environmental justice, and Native rights. She has nearly a decade of experience editing, reporting, and writing for
Warren Mabee
is the director at Queen’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University in Ontario.
Jorge Mariscal
is a professor emeritus of Spanish and Chicano/a literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun: Lessons from the Chicano Movement,
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