Writers
B. Vanessa Coleman

B. Vanessa Coleman: “Bee” prefers they/them pronouns and is your (sometimes) friendly neighborhood non-binary, queer, magical Black...

Lisa Markowitz

Lisa Markowitz is a cultural anthropologist at the University of Louisville interested in agri-food systems at multiple...

Ariana Levinson

Ariana Levinson is a labor and employment law scholar at the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of...

Vanessa Nisperos

Vanessa Nisperos (she/they) is a social-justice-centered therapist and trainer who cultivated her passion for addressing systemic health...

Emily J. Kramer

Emily J. Kramer (she/her) is a mindful-movement practitioner offering techniques in yoga and functional training within a...

Julia Bennett

Julia Bennett (she/her) was a founding member and co-owner of Third Root Community Health Center, is an...

Andrew Mambondiyani

Andrew Mambondiyani is a journalist based in Zimbabwe with bylines in local, regional and international publications including...

Bobby Monacella

Bobby Monacella is the co-leader of Mothers Out Front Fairfax and is currently the Marketing Manager at...

Joe Neri

Joe Neri is CEO of IFF, a Chicago-based community development financial institution, operating in the states of...

Trisha Chakrabarti

Trisha Chakrabarti is the national organizer of the EFOD (Equitable Food Oriented Development) Collaborative, where she works...

Monica Cadena

Monica Cadena is an Afro-Indigenous plant ally, journalist, strategist, and the communications & storytelling manager of the national...

Yessica Holguin

Yessica Holguin is Executive Director of the Center for Community Wealth Building. Originally from Denver's Swansea neighborhood,...