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Thandisizwe Chimurenga

Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning, freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She is a staff writer for Daily Kos and co-hosts a weekly, morning drive-time public affairs/news show …
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Rachel Roth

Rachel Roth is a writer, consultant, and advocate for reproductive justice, rights, and health. Much of her work focuses on the impact of imprisonment on women’s lives and the …
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Dr. Hakim

Dr. Hakim, (Dr. Teck Young, Wee) is a medical doctor from Singapore who has done humanitarian and social enterprise work in Afghanistan for the past nine years, including being …
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Jason Michael Williams

Dr. Jason Michael Williams is an activist scholar who is deeply involved in the commission of social justice. He is the Criminal Justice department chair at the Hampton Institute. Williams received his …
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J. Parker Dockray

J. Parker Dockray, MSW is the Executive Director of Backline based in Oakland, CA.
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Danielle M. LaSusa

Danielle M. LaSusa, PhD, is an assistant professor of philosophy at Bard High School Early College, Queens.
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Nell Bernstein

Nell Bernstein is the author of Burning Down the House and All Alone in the World (The New Press), a Newsweek ‘Book of the Week.’ She is a former …