Author Bios

Michael Ortiz holds an advanced degree in sociology. He works on equitable diversity initiatives for college institutions and writes about issues that focus on consciousness raising and empowerment.

Christa Hillstrom is a senior editor at YES! Magazine.

Annie Machon is a former intelligence officer in the UK's MI5 Security Service (the U.S. counterpart is the FBI).

Meena Jagannath works at the Community Justice Project of Florida Legal Services, Inc., in Miami, Florida. She was a legal fellow and coordinator of the Rape Accountability and Prevention …

Suzanne Adely is National Lawyers Guild International Committee co-chair. She is a member of Labor for Palestine, Al-Awda NY: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, and Block The Boat …

Azadeh Shahshahani is legal and advocacy director at Project South and a past president of the National Lawyers Guild. She tweets @ashahshahani.

Corinna Mullin is a human rights activist and lecturer in comparative and international politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.