Author Bios

Sharita Gruberg is a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress' LGBT Research and Communiciations Project. Follow her on Twitter: @shugruberg.

Erica Smiley is organizing director at Jobs With Justice, a national network of grassroots-based labor and community coalitions.

Christian Coleman is the editor of Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press.

Marcie Mai is a Health Policy & Management and Sociology major at Providence College. She is also an active member of the Board of Multicultural Student Affairs.

Stephen F. Skelly is a sociology and global studies major at Providence College.

Shawan Jabarin is director of Al-Haq, the oldest Palestinian human rights organization based in Ramallah. He is currently in the US on a Center for Constitutional Rights-sponsored trip with Raji Sourani, director …

Anshantia Oso is an organizer, writer and speaker based in Los Angeles. She is the national organizer for the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), which is home to …

Pam Vogel is the education program director at Media Matters. She holds an M.A. in sociology and education from Teachers College - Columbia University and a B.A. in urban …

Alexandra Rosenmann is an associate editor at AlterNet. Follow her on Twitter: @alexpreditor.

Brant Rosen is the rabbi of congregation Tzedek Chicago and co-founder of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council.