Author Bios

Kerri Kennedy is the associate general secretary for international programs at the American Friends Service Committee.

Matt Mulberry is Program Advisor for Editorial and Media Initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Central European University. 

Will Kramer is a Certified Safety Professional. He spent more than five years serving as a safety consultant to businesses across the country. He was arrested standing up for …

Jonah Newman is a reporter for The Chicago Reporter.

Jane Lazarre is a prize-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent novel is Inheritance. Other novels include Some Place Quite Unknown, The Powers of Charlotte, and Worlds …

Rajanie (Preity) Kumar is a Ph.D student in the Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies program at York University. She was born in Guyana and moved to Toronto when she …

Dani McClain is an Oakland-based journalist covering reproductive rights and sexuality. She reported on education while on staff at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and her writing has appeared in outlets …

Cheryl Dorsey is a retired LAPD sergeant, speaker, and much sought after police expert on important issues making national headlines; as such she has appeared as a guest expert …

Sharmila Rudrappa, a Public Voices fellow, is chairwoman of the Asia/Asian America Section of the American Sociological Association, and an associate professor in the sociology department at the University …