Author Bios

Jessaca Leinaweaver directs the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University's Watson Institute and is a Public Voices Greenhouse participant with The OpEd Project.

Paul Sliker is an editor and commentator at Democracy at Work, and the co-host of Left Out -- a monthly podcast that creates in-depth conversations with the most interesting …

Dante Dallavalle is a contributor to Democracy at Work. Follow Dante on Twitter.

Luster Howard is a truck driver at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory and member of AFSCME 3299.

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.