Kaila Adia Story
Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Departments of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Pan-African Studies, as well as the Audre Lorde Endowed Chair at the University of Louisville.
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Christina Noriega
is a Colombian-American journalist, based in Bogotá, where she covers human rights, the environment, and social movements. In 2016, the Texas native moved to Colombia to report on the historic
Eli Erlick
is an internationally acclaimed activist, author, and educator. In 2011, she founded Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER), a national organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans students. In
Simi Kang
(they/she) is a Sikh American community advocate, educator, artist, and scholar. Kang’s work centers Asian American collaborative resistance as a site for imagining environmentally and economically just futures in Southeast
Esperanza Cuautle
(she/her) is a co-director and community organizer at Pangea Legal Services, where she supports the advocacy efforts of immigrants detained by ICE in the Central Valley area. Esperanza is an
Vanessa Godinez
(she/her) is co-director and communications lead at Pangea Legal Services. As the daughter of immigrants, Vanessa’s unwavering commitment to immigrant rights is deeply personal. Her work at Pangea sits at
Elena Hodges
(she/her) is a co-director and immigration attorney at Pangea Legal Services, where she helps coordinate rapid response work and leads Pangea’s work at the intersection of immigrant justice and Palestinian
Niloufar Khonsari
(she/they) is a longtime immigrant justice advocate, movement lawyer, and the executive director of Bala Rising. As a co-founder of Pangea Legal Services, she helped lead efforts to shut down immigration
Aliana Alexandra Coello Exclusa
is an Afro-Boricua decolonial feminist, facilitator, organizer, educator, and scholar from Santurce. For 10 years, she has worked with various grassroots organizations from the archipelago of Puerto Rico. She is
Stephanie Capper
is a freelance correspondent and documentary producer originally hailing from the Gold Coast, Australia, but presently splitting her time between Guatemala and Spain. Stephanie investigates and documents human rights, social
Kala Hunter
is an environment and climate journalist who writes for the Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Georgia, about the local ripples of the climate crisis, stories about who and what is solving it
Michelle Mascarenhas
has been facilitating political education and strategic alignment spaces for a just transition for three decades. She tends land and community with chosen family, which she is always working to
Nancy Kricorian
is the author of four novels focused on post-genocide Armenian diaspora experience. Her most recent book, The Burning Heart of the World, is about Armenians in Beirut during the Lebanese
Kellian Staggers
(she/her) is a member of the Navajo Nation with African American ancestry, and works as an advancement officer at NDN Collective. Prior to joining NDN Collective, she worked as a
Lynda V. Mapes
covers environmental and Indigenous issues for the Seattle Times. She is author of six books, including most recently Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home, winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book
Juliana Bidadanure
is an associate professor of philosophy, and affiliated faculty of law, at New York University. Before that, she was assistant professor of philosophy at Stanford University where she founded the
Bo Ruberg
is professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine. They are the author of three books, Video Games Have Always Been Queer, The Queer Games Avant-Garde:
Poorvi Gupta
is an independent journalist based in New Delhi, India. She has been covering sociopolitical issues from gender perspective for nine years now. She started her career as a journalist with
Kevin A. Young
Ph.D., teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His most recent book is Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements That Won (PM Press, 2024). His other books include Blood
Raquel Willis
is an award-winning author, activist, and media strategist dedicated to collective liberation, especially for Black trans folks. She is the co-founder of the Gender Liberation Movement. Raquel hosts two podcast
Tré Vasquez
is a Xicano organizer, artist, poet, and comedian. He was raised working class in southern Arizona—a copper mining town impacted by environmental racism and militarization of the so-called border. He
Robert O. Smith
is assistant professor of history at the University of North Texas and an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He is the author of More Desired than Our Own Salvation:
Aja Y. Martinez
is associate professor of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and author of the award-winning Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of Critical Race Theory.
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane
(she/her) is the Climate Justice Initiative Coordinator at NDN Collective. Born and raised on the island of O’ahu, she now lives in Kumeyaay territory in San Diego where she works
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