Author Bios

Maricruz Manzanarez is a senior custodian at UC Berkeley and a member of AFSCME 3299.

Seth Patel is a lead negotiator for the local AFSCME 3299.

Lauren Anderson is an associate professor of education at Connecticut College and is a Public Voices Greenhouse participant with The OpEd Project.

Jas Chana is the communications director for the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), a nonprofit dedicated to defending intellectual freedom and the right to read. Twitter: @ncacensorship.

Maurice Rafael Magaña is an assistant professor of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona.

Natascha Uhlmann is a writer and activist from Sonora, Mexico.

Lois Marie Gibbs is a former resident of the Love Canal community and founder of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, a project of People's Action.

Kathleen B. Jones is professor emerita of Women's Studies at San Diego State University and Visiting Research Fellow at University of California, Davis, where she directs an NEH seminar …

Jon Else worked on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee staff in 1964 and 1965. He was series producer and cinematographer for Eyes on the Prize, and has produced and …