Author Bios

Alex Khasnabish teaches about movements, social change and engaged research at Mount Saint Vincent University, is the co-editor of Insurgent Encounters: Transnational Activism, Ethnography, and the Political, and is …

Allegra Kirkland is AlterNet's associate managing editor. Her writing has appeared in the Chicago Reader, Inc., Daily Serving and the Nation.

Kara Z. Dellacioppa is chair of the sociology department at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is the author of This Bridge Called Zapatismo: Building Alternative Political Cultures in …

Mary Catherine O'Connor writes about the environment, adventure sports, and technology. www.mcoconnor.com

Candace directs Free Press’ field efforts, including in-district organizing and online engagement. She also runs our internship program and youth organizing efforts. Before joining Free Press, Candace worked with community …

Jen Chapin is a singer-songwriter and food justice activist with a lifelong involvement with Whyhunger (co-founded by her late father, Harry Chapin in 1975). She recently performed at the …

Lauren Gazzola is a longtime animal rights activist and a communications associate at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenGazzola.