Kate Michelman is an American political activist. She is best known for her support for the pro-choice movement in the United States of America and her role as co-chair for activist campaign WomenVotePA. For nearly 20 years, she served as President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, catapulting the organization to prominence as the nation’s premier reproductive rights group. Under Kate’s leadership,... read full bio
Warren St. John is an American author, journalist, and is CEO and executive editor at Patch Media. He started his career working as a reporter for The New York Times and from there, started publishing his own books and continued to work as a journalist. Warren has published two books, the National Bestseller “Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip... read full bio
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As a volunteer for the Peace Corps in post-war Korea, Margaret Wheatley, Ed.D. developed a concern for people all over the world. She has worked on every continent (except from Antarctica) with all ages, levels, and kinds of organizations, leaders, and activists as a consultant, senior-level advisor, teacher, speaker, and formal leader. Her current work focuses on empowering and assisting... read full bio
Heben Nigatu is first and foremost a writer and co-host for Buzzfeed’s ‘Another Round.’ ‘Another Round’ has featured high profile guests like Hillary Clinton. Nigatu landed a position at Buzzfeed after working a three-month fellowship while studying at Columbia University. Since, she has also written for ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’ She has been named on the Forbes’ 30... read full bio
Barry Glassner is an author, and a Professor of Sociology. He is best known for his books, The Culture of Fear, which became a best seller. He has released numerous articles through outlets such as, Social Problems, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Washington Post, New York Times, and Los Angeles Times. Glassner has been featured in Michael Moores film,... read full bio
Nadia Bolz-Weber is a New York Times bestselling author and founder and former pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints. Nadia grew up in Colorado Springs to a fundamentalist Christian family. She later studied at Pepperdine University but dropped out, moved to Denver, and became an alcoholic and drug abuser. After 10 years, Nadia became sober and has remained... read full bio
Garrard Conley is an American author and LGBTQ activist who is best known for his autobiography, ‘Boy Erased: A Memoir’, which has since become a major motion picture of the same name. Conley’s memoir went over his childhood with a fundamentalist family that enrolled him in conversion therapy because of his sexuality. Conley’s family sent him to Love In Action... read full bio
Nic Stone is an American New York Times best-selling author of young adult fiction books. Stone was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and she graduated from Spelman College with a degree in Psychology. After graduating from Spelman College, Stone moved to Israel for a few years which is when she decided to pursue a career as a writer. Stone... read full bio
Susan Burton is an author, prison reform activist, and is the Executive Director and founder of the non-profit, A New Way of Life. Burton was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. She was raised in housing projects and had a rough upbringing. Burton later in life had a son who was accidentally hit and killed by a police... read full bio
Diane Shader Smith is an American writer, publicist, and a cystic fibrosis advocate. Smith became a cystic fibrosis advocate after learning her daughter, Mallory Smith was diagnosed at only three years old. Although her daughter passed away at 25, during her life, Mallory kept a diary that she would use to write on her illness and what it did on... read full bio
Jayson Lusk is an American economist, researcher, writer, and speaker who is currently the Distinguished Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University. Lusk has previously earned his B.S. in Foot Technology from Texas Tech University and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University. After graduating from graduate school, Lusk began... read full bio
Eve Rodsky is an American New York Times best-selling author of the book “Fair Play” and a keynote speaker. While Rodsky began writing her book Fair Play, she interviewed over 500 people of all ethnicities, genders, classes and orientations to find what type of tasks that average American household has. Rodsky learned what the average household has issues with and... read full bio
Priya Parker is an author, facilitator, strategic advisor, and conflict mediator who has recently gained fame for her acclaimed book “The Art of Gathering”. Her book has been featured in Amazon as Best Business Book of the Year and also has been featured on outlets such as NPR, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Esquire Magazine. Parker is also known for... read full bio
Ben Sherwood is an American author, journalist, and an entrepreneur who has formerly been the President of Disney-ABC Television Group as well as ABC News. Sherwood was born in Los Angeles, California, and he has earned his AB degree from Harvard College and has been a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. Sherwood began his career as an associate producer and... read full bio
Amaryllis Fox is a former CIA Clandestine Service Officer, a writer, and peace activist from New York City, New York. Fox’s father was an economist so she spent her childhood moving every year and lived in several different countries and lived in Europe, Africa, Asia, and even the former Soviet Union. When Fox was 16 years old she moved back... read full bio
Alexis Coe is an award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author of “Alice + Friday Forever: A Murder in Memphis” which is soon to also be a major motion picture. She is also author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.” Coe has studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, at Sarah Lawrence College... read full bio
Sarah M. Broom is an American writer who has recently released her debut book, ‘The Yellow House’. The Yellow House is a memoir that has gone on to be featured in outlets such as the New Yorker, The New York Times, the Star Tribune, Publishers Weekly, the Washington Post, and more. The book has been named one of the top... read full bio
Quiara Alegria Hudes is an American playwright, lyricist, and essayist, who is best known for writing the book for the musical, ‘In the Heights.’ Hudes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and she began composing music and writing at a young age before going on to study at the Mary Louise Curtis Branch of Settlement Music School. After graduating from high... read full bio
