has been working on the frontlines for more than a decade. She believes deeply in nuanced storytelling and Black culture to drive change, and has commented on race, gender, and

is a junior at Northwestern University studying journalism and environmental sciences with a passion for environmental justice. She is currently an apprentice with the Investigative Project on Race and Equity.

is a postdoctoral affiliate at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford. He is also a lecturer and a visiting researcher at the Latin American

is a journalist who focuses on how oppressed peoples and populations work to claim autonomy and self-determination, and on environmental and feminist protest movements. She is the editor of Atlas

is an Italian freelance multimedia journalist who covers environmental and social issues such as biodiversity conservation, women’s issues, climate change, Indigenous peoples’ rights, food security and agroecology. She has produced

is an environmental justice organizer and scholar. She is the policy director at PODER and co-founder of Start:Empowerment. Alexia has written for Atmos, Teen Vogue, and more. She is a

is the co-founder of NADJA Media, an independent digital media startup launched to advocate for a greater and fairer representation of women in media. She has reported on women’s participation

is an editor and reporter at RED/ACCION, where, above all, he listens and learns about new topics (and realizes how much he doesn’t know about them). He writes about the

, Ph.D, is an artist and associate professor of critical race and ethnic studies, and performance, play, and design at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she directs the

is a multimedia creative communicator and consultant who has worked in various areas of publishing. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction and is an award-winning personal essayist and author

(she/her) is the CEO of Code2040, an organization addressing the racial inequities and imbalanced distribution of power that Black and Latinx people face in tech.

(she/her) is a freelance writer, editor, discerning book critic, and passionate communal care advocate. After several years of relying on online fundraisers for medical and housing needs, Tamela relocated from

is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about science and the environment. Her work can be found in Scientific American, Science, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times for Kids, among others.

joined Kenyon College in 2022 as a visiting assistant professor of women’s and gender studies. Her research explores feminist and LGBTQ cultural production, local and community media, television history, and

is the executive director of the Black Organizing Project, a community-driven organization that is working towards racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots community organizing and policy change.