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Alejandro Frid

is an ecologist for First Nations of British Columbia’s Central Coast, and an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria.

Hussain Abdulhaqq

is an urban garden educator, a naturalist, and a Black man raised in a family of soldiers, artists, and teachers.

Eleanore Catolico

is a freelance journalist covering environmental justice and city government in Detroit.

Alexa Peters

is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor with a specialty in arts & culture, science, and lifestyle journalism. Her work has appeared in The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, Thrillist and

Cynthia Greenlee

is a writer, editor, and historian based in North Carolina.

Ananya Garg

is a former solutions journalism reporting intern for YES!, as well as a poet and educator in Seattle.

Janet Jull

is an assistant professor for the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University in Ontario.

Alice Driver

is a writer based in Mexico City whose work focuses on migration, human rights and gender equality.

JS LEE

is a Korean American author who writes about trauma, race, and adoption. Her forthcoming novel “Everyone Was Falling” (Pent-up Press) is out September 2020 and her novel “Keurium” (Pent-up Press)

Dr. Nolan Higdon

is professor of History and Communication at California State University, East Bay. His academic work primarily focuses on news media, propaganda, critical media literacy, and social justice pedagogies, and he

Mickey Huff

is director of Project Censored and the president of the Media Freedom Foundation. He has edited or coedited ten volumes of in the “Censored” book series and contributed numerous chapters

The School of Life

, introduced by Alain de Botton, is a compendium of writings from The School of Life Press bringing together a decade of research on emotional intelligence. Founded in 2008, The

Rebecca Burgess

is the executive director of Fibershed, chair of the board for Carbon Cycle Institute, and the author of “Harvesting Color.” A vocationally trained weaver and natural dyer, she creates hands-on curricula
a photo of the author Carlos Rodriguez

Carlos Rodriguez

is an immigrant advocate working along the southwest borderlands who uses his position to talk about issues related to immigration, affordable housing, and homelessness.

Kendrick Sampson

is an activist and an actor in How to Get Away with Murder, The Vampire Diaries and Gracepoint.

Kalimah Johnson

is the Founder and Executive Director of SASHA Center.

Liz Carlisle

is an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she focuses on sustainable food systems. She co-authored Grain by Grain (2019) with Bob Quinn, who is interviewed

Alexandra van Alebeek

holds a culinary degree from the Ballymaloe Cookery School. She spent time learning the ins and outs of sourdough while working in the sourdough bakery at Cafe Modern in Amsterdam.

Simon Allison

is the Africa Editor for the Mail & Guardian newspaper, based in Johannesburg.

Mashadi Kekana

is a Johannesburg native and holds a B.A. in Psychology from Wellesley College.

Tony Porter

is the Chief Executive Officer of A Call to Men.

Alex Meyers

is a gender identity educator and author of Revolutionary, Continental Divide and The Story of Silence.

Tarana Burke

is the founder of the “#me too” Movement.
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