Author Bios

Tamika L. Butler, esq. is a proud Nebraskan living in Los Angeles as the executive director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. Previously, she was thedirector of social change strategies at Liberty Hill Foundation, where she oversaw the foundation's boys and …

Chloe Riley is a Chicago-based freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Reader, the Guardian and DNAinfo.

Sarah Beller is a contributor to The Influence. 

Kathleen Neal Cleaver, who currently holds an appointment as a senior lecturer and research fellow at Emory University School of Law, has spent her life participating in the human …

Samantha Demby is an activist, writer and welding apprentice based in Brooklyn, New York. She has spent much of the past few years in Mexico and Central America, participating in collectives that support community land …

Abbie Mood is a freelance writer and editor based in Colorado who covers topics ranging from sports to social/environmental issues. She tries to spend as much time as possible …

Jacqueline Marcus' second collection of poems, Summer Rains, was recently published at Iris Press. Her first book of poems, Close to the Shore, was published by Michigan State University Press. Her essays/poems …

Michael J. Dax is the author of Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West. He writes about the intersection of environment and culture in …

Emily Shaw is a senior analyst at the Sunlight Foundation, where she helps the organization lead the charge to make useful public information available online. Emily writes and speaks …

Guy Reiter is a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and member of the tribe's Conservation Commission.