is the director of the Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society, the Robert D. Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity & Inclusion, and professor of Law, African-American, & Ethnic

is a freelance journalist covering the environment, food systems, economic development, and the ways everyday people around the world are affected by the climate crisis and environmental degradation.

is an attorney based in Washington, D.C. Together with Matthew Riemer, he created Instagram’s @lgbt_history. Together they enjoy fighting fascists, spending time with their dog, and disrupting fundamentalists’ worldviews. We Are

is a writer, lecturer, and former attorney based in Washington, D.C. Together with his partner, he created Instagram’s @lgbt_history.

is the oral health topic leader for the Association of Health Care Journalists. She began writing about oral health at the Washington Post, where she worked for eight years covering social

would like to remain anonymous. She has a Ph.D. and owns a dog training business. She travels and skydives in her spare time as well as writing in a variety

is a freelance writer and editor living and skiing in the Adirondacks in upstate New York.

is a Greater New York-based arts columnist for Gannett. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and elsewhere.

writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. His adaptations for young readers include Our Choice by Al Gore and The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. He lives in New

has been involved in gay liberation as a political organizer, writer, and editor for more than four decades. The author of several award-winning books, including A Queer History of the

is a veteran of locally led peace-building initiatives in 30 countries and Peace Program Coordinator of the Canadian Friends Service committee (Quakers). In this excerpt from Are We Done Fighting?

is the author of a collection of essays, The Desert Remembers My Name: On Family and Writing; three novels, including Treasures in Heaven; and a collection of short stories. She

is a Sudanese journalist and blogger based in Khartoum. She has contributed to the Washington post, AlJazeera English, Index on censorship, the Nation, and other Sudanese, regional, and international newspapers

was born in Missouri and raised in the southeast United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) to his working class parents who did exactly that to put him through college. In

is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University with a PhD in History. He wrote about the anti-apartheid movement in the United States and is interested in social justice

is a Seattle freelance travel writer and the former travel writer for The Seattle Times.

is director of human migration and mobility for the American Friends Service Committee.

is the public lands director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

is the co-founder and executive director of Guns Down America. He is the author of “Guns Down: How to Defeat the NRA and Build a Safer Future with Fewer Guns.”

is co-founder of Queer Ecojustice Project, a media and education collective. She is director of QEP’s first film project, “Fire & Flood: Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change.”

is the co-founder and co-director of Sins Invalid, a disability justice-based performance project.

is the founder of the Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women. She is president of Incite Unlimited.