Author Bios

Julia Sharpe-Levine is a writer, activist and theatre-maker living in Brooklyn. She serves as the arts and education program director at the African American Policy Forum and the Center …

Jerry Mitchell is an investigative reporter for the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization that seeks to hold public officials accountable and empower citizens in their communities.

As a pediatric educator, clinician, and researcher, Dr. Wood has demonstrated a productive and sustained commitment as a community activist. For the past 10 years, she and her University …

Francesca Gomes is a teacher in Brooklyn.

Mari Mari Narváez is the founder and executive director of Kilómetro 0 (Kilometer Zero), an organization that fights police repression and violence in Puerto Rico.

Marisol LeBrón is an assistant professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Policing Life and Death: Race, …

Formerly an electronics engineer for the Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division, Jim Bronke spoke out against the Iraq War in 2003 as a member of Military Families Speak Out. …

Vaidya Gullapalli serves as senior legal counsel at The Justice Collaborative and has spent several years as a human rights advocate, public defender and journalist in the U.S. and …

Urie Dvorozniak is an editorial intern at Salon.

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann is a professor emeritus of the Department of Political Science at  Wilfrid Laurier University.