Author Bios

Bill Fried recently retired as a civilian staffer from Law Enforcement Action Partnership, where he wrote op-eds, produced videos and did research for the speakers, all of whom are …

Sharon Kinlaw is the Fair Housing Council of the San Fernando Valley’s executive director and a California Reinvestment Coalition board member.

Paulina Gonzalez-Brito is the California Reinvestment Coalition’s executive director.

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner is a writer based in New York. She is a writing fellow at Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. She’s …

Irene Martinez M.D., is an attending physician at the Division of General Medicine at the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago; an assistant professor at Rush Medical …

Matthew M. Heidtmann is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Stony Brook University and an adjunct professor in history at Suffolk County Community College. His research revolves around American …

Jo Yurcaba is a freelance reporter based in North Carolina. They cover sexual violence, LGBTQ+ rights and pop culture. Follow them on Twitter: @JoYurcaba.

Ann Eisenberg is an assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina.

Sam Bishop is a freelance writer and journalist whose work has been featured in a number of national publications. Follow him on Twitter: @sebishop99.