Author Bios

Martha Hennessy works at Maryhouse Catholic Worker in New York and is in Kabul with Voices for Creative Nonviolence members as a guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers.

Tracey Compton is a writer for Care2. 

Kristina Chew is a contributor to Care2.

Eisa Nefertari Ulen (she/her) is author of the novel Crystelle Mourning (Atria). A Pulitzer Center grantee, she is also the recipient of awards from the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts …

Tessa implements Internet-based campaigns and projects to encourage online activism, advocacy and fundraising. She is also a teaching fellow in digital strategy at the New Organizing Institute. Tessa earned …

Carmelle Wolfson is a multimedia journalist in Toronto who has been reporting on Grassy Narrows since 2006 when she first visited the blockade. For more of her work go …

Brian Jones is a teacher and activist in New York. He is a member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators, the social justice caucus of the United …

David Howell is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy and directs the Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy at The New School. He is an affiliated member …