Author Bios

Pauline Lipman is professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and director of the Collaborative for Equity and Justice in Education. A long-time Chicagoan …

Maryam Jamshidi is an attorney and the founder and editor-in-chief of Muftah.org.

Mary Zerkel coordinates the Communities Against Islamophobia project of American Friends Service Committee, which works with Arab and Muslim partners to end profiling and surveillance.

The Raha is an Iranian Feminist Collective.

AK Thompson is a Toronto-based writer and activist. Between 2005 and 2011, he served on the Editorial Committee of ‘Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action.’ His …

Tanyette Colon is a SpeakOut contributor.

Pamilla Malik is a SpeakOut contributor.

Larry Gabriel writes the ‘Stir It Up’ and ‘Higher Ground’ columns for Metrotimes.com. Larry's book, Daddy Plays Old-Time New Orleans Jazz, is available at the Source Booksellers in Detroit …