Author Bios

Sarah Johnson is the director of Local Progress (@LocalProgress).

Jae Hyun Shim is a member of Reclaim the Block and MPD150.

Brie McLemore is a PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley. She identifies as a Black feminist police abolitionist.

Rann Miller is an educator and freelance writer based in southern New Jersey. His Urban Education Mixtape blog supports urban educators and parents of children attending urban schools. Miller is also the …

Jessica Buxbaum is a freelance journalist currently based in Los Angeles, California. Her work has appeared in Supermaker, The Independent, Prospect Magazine and several other publications.

Ted Franklin is a retired union attorney, climate and ecological justice organizer, and journalist based in Oakland, California. He is active in System Change Not Climate Change, Labor Network …

Takiya Wheeler is a public defender and member of the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid Caucus at the Legal Aid Society.

Julia Jenkins is a public defender and member of the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid Caucus at the Legal Aid Society.

Zamir Ben-Dan is a public defender and member of the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid Caucus at the Legal Aid Society.

Nefertiti Ankra is a public defender and member of the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid Caucus at the Legal Aid Society.