Author Bios

Sydney Worth is a solutions reporter for YES! Magazine. Follow her on Twitter: @sydneyworth03.

Pérez is a queer Cuban-American writer covering issues of race, health and gender. Their writing has appeared in The New York Times, Colorlines, Fusion, AlterNet, The American Prospect, MORE …

Natalie Brinham is a Ph.D. student at Queen Mary University of London researching statelessness. She has worked for many years in non-governmental organizations in the United Kingdom and Southeast …

Marianna Olinger is an artist, researcher and organizer. She holds a PhD in urban planning with degrees in both in social sciences and arts. She has collaborated with numerous …

Fainan Lakha is a contributor at SocialistWorker.org.

Willie Francois serves as senior pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Pleasantville, New Jersey (Atlantic City), and is president of the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality. …

Rachael Joo is an associate professor of American studies at Middlebury College. She is co-editor of the book, A Companion to Korean American Studies (Brill 2018).

Zellie Imani is a writer, educator and organizer. He is also a co-founder of the Black Liberation Collective, a Black youth Collective dedicated to transforming higher education through unity, coalition …

Abigail Stepnitz is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.

Lara Perez-Felkner is an assistant professor of higher education and sociology at Florida State University.