Author Bios

Valentina Ieri is a journalist for Inter Press Service, United Nations. Follow her on Twitter: @Valeieri

Rochelle Lefkowitz, founder of Pro-Media Communications, a bicoastal social issue communications firm, is a member of the Women Donor's Network Earth Circle and of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).

Cecilia Gingerich is a research associate at the Democracy Collaborative.

Wilma Subra is an environmental scientist based in Louisiana and a technical adviser for the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. She has won numerous accolades for her work helping communities …

Karla Griego is a UTLA member and a teacher at Buchanan Street School.

Robin is the founding director of the Center for native Peoples and the Environment at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Her book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge …

Rebecca Ruggles is the director of the Maryland Environmental Health Network (mdehn.org).

Dr. Nick Galasso is an American Council of Learned Societies Public Fellow, serving Oxfam America as a research and policy advisor. He leads Oxfam’s work on economic inequality.  

Dr. Marjorie Wood is the managing editor of Inequality.org and a senior staff member of the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Robert Fantina is an author and peace activist. His writing has appeared on Mondoweiss, Counterpunch and other sites.