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Olivia Katbi Smith

Olivia Katbi Smith is co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) of Portland, Oregon, and a member of DSA’s national Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, and Palestine solidarity working …
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India McKinney

India McKinney is the director of federal affairs at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Prior to joining EFF, she spent over 10 years in Washington, D.C., as a legislative …
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xoài phạm

xoài phạm is a Vietnamese trans person who has a complicated relationship with womanhood. She's currently the digital media queen at Transgender Law Center. She comes from a long …
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Lewis Webb

Lewis Webb is coordinator of the Healing Justice Program at American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Lewis leads AFSC’s work on the prison system, and cultivates young activists to dismantle …
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Michelle Chan

Michelle D. Chan is a writer, activist and founder and director of California Rise (formerly Parents Against CPS Corruption).
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Jose Benjamin Montaño

Jose Benjamin Montaño is a freelance writer and translator. Follow Jose on Twitter: @jbmont.
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Allison Herrera

Allison Herrera is Xolon Salinan from the Central Coast of California and serves as editor of climate and environment for Colorado Public Radio. Follow her on Twitter: @alisonaher.