Author Bios

Shirley Leslie is the national development director of Critical Resistance, a national grassroots organization that seeks to build an international movement to end the prison-industrial complex by challenging the belief that …

Beenash Jafri is an assistant professor of gender, sexuality and women’s studies at the University of California, Davis.

Micaela Morse is an Oakland educator.

Daria Marcantonio Kieffer is an Oakland educator.

Paul has an MEng in Chemical engineering and a PhD in the field of environmental engineering and environmental economics. He is a chartered engineer from his time in industry …

Maria Olczak is a PhD candidate at the Queen Mary University of London researching policies and technologies to monitor and mitigate methane emissions across major man-made sources. In 2022, …

Mr. Piebalgs is currently the Commissioner for Development for the European Commission. He was previously European Commissioner for Energy (2004-2009), Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of …

Montse Reyes is a writer and editor based in Oakland and raised in California's Central Valley. She enjoys writing about the intersection of race, gender and class, often as …

Nicole Jorwic is chief of advocacy and campaigns at Caring Across Generations.

Professor Jamelia Morgan is an award-winning and acclaimed scholar and teacher focusing on issues at the intersections of race, gender, disability, and criminal law and punishment. Her scholarship and …