is a civil rights attorney, restorative justice practitioner, social justice activist, writer, scholar, and co-founder and executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth.
writes fiction and nonfiction about queerness, gender, Appalachia, violence, crime, having a body, and being alive. She is the author of The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a
is the former associate art director at YES!, where she lead art selection and photo editing for digital stories and products as a member of the digital editorial team. Enkhbayar
is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, one of this country’s most prominent historians, and a prolific author. His latest book is Battles for Freedom: The Use
is an agroecologist, researcher, lecturer, and author. He is the director emeritus of Food First, aka the Institute for Food and Development Policy, having served as executive director since 2006.
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