MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Black intellectual, writer, radio journalist, author, organizer, former member of the BPP and supporter of MOVE, who has spent the last 30 years in prison, most of which was in solitary confinement on PA’s Death Row. Demand for a new trial and freedom is supported by scholars, religious leaders, artists, scientists, and many others across the world. More here --

PAM AFRICA
Chairwoman of International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an international movement that seeks for his release, Philadelphia-based activist and freedom-fighter, and a member of MOVE. More here --

RAMONA AFRICA
Spokesperson for MOVE and one of two survivors of a 1985 bombing on the MOVE compound by the Philadelphia Police, which killed 11 members and destroyed 65 homes.  More here --

PATRICE K. ARMSTEAD
Native of West Philadelphia, mother, community organizer and MSW candidate in the School of Social Work at Temple University. Her organizing is grounded in the ideology of the Black Radical Tradition. Her research interest is public housing and its relationship to gentrification and neoliberalism.

MEGHNA CHANDRA
Desi organizer in Philadelphia. She organized with the student worker movement with Penn Student Labor Action Project, helped found the People of Color contingent at Occupy Philadelphia, and organized protests in solidarity with Ferguson at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. She also founded the Philadelphia South Asian Collective, a group of South Asian organizers dedicated to fighting Islamophobia, Hindu Fundamentalism, casteism, and capitalist white supremacy, and building across brown and black communities.

NELLIE BAILEY
Black Agenda Radio host, co-founder and Director of the Harlem Tenants Council, and human rights activist who has worked in peace and justice movements for over 40 years. More here --

CHARLENE A. CARRUTHERS
Organizer, writer, and National Director of Black Youth Project 100. Read more --

WEI CHEN
Civic Engagement Coordinator at Asian Americans United in Philadelphia. Wei has years of work as a youth leader and organizer. In 2009, he was one of the youth leaders of the South Philadelphia High School student organizing. Read more --
 

ANGELA Y. DAVIS
Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies Departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  Read more --

EMORY DOUGLAS
Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party 1967-80s. He was the art director, designer, and main illustrator for The Black Panther newspaper. Read more -

JAMES DUPREE
Prominent artist and educator based in Philadelphia. Since 2012, he and many others have been part of the Save Dupree movement to resist the city’s unjust eminent domain seizure, under the guise of “redevelopment,”of his studios in Mantua. More here --

JOHANNA FERNANDEZ
Professor of US history at Baruch College (CUNY) and one of the coordinators of The Campaign to Bring Mumia Home. She is editor of the book, Writing on the Wall, Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu Jamal.

GLEN FORD
Executive Director and founder of Black Agenda Report. More here --

CHE GOSSETT
Trans femme writer and an archivist at Barnard Center for Research on Women, PhD candidate in Women and Gender Studies at Rutgers. They are the recipient of the 2014 Gloria Alzaldúa Award. Read More ---

NYLE FORT
Minister, organizer, and scholar based in Newark, NJ. Currently, Nyle is a year Ph.D student in religion and African American studies at Princeton University.

LARRY HAMM
Chair of the People’s Organization for Progress in Newark, NJ, and advocate for African-American people and the cause of human rights for more than 30 years. More here --

OBERY HENDRICKS
Professor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary and Visiting Scholar in both the Department of Religion and the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University. Read more --

ROBIN D.G. KELLEY
Distinguished Professor of History & Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in United States History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Read more --
 

YVONNE KING
Coordinator of Developmental Programs at the Community College of Philadelphia, former Field Secretary of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (1969-74). More here --

PAMELA LIGHTSEY
Associate Dean for Community Life and Lifelong Learning, Clinical Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology and Practice at Boston University, reverend, scholar, activist, and military veteran. More here -- 

MEGAN MALACHI
Educator, scholar, feminist, activist based in Philadelphia. More here --

MANI MARTINEZ

RENEE MCKENZIE
Vicar at the Church of the Advocate, Chaplain to Temple University, and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. Read more --

ANTHONY MONTEIRO
WEB DuBois scholar, activist, organizer, and educator. In 2014, Temple University terminated his employment as a full time, non-tenured Associate Professor in African American Studies Dept since 2003. A call for his reinstatement has garnered strong support by Black intellectuals and students nationwide. More here --

EWUARE X. OSAYANDE
Poet, political activist, author and lecturer. He is the founder of Talking Drum Communications, co-founder and director of POWER, and creator of Project ONUS: Redefining Black Manhood. More here --

HAKIM PITTS
True multipotentialite with 7+ years of expertise in the fields of community health advocacy, employee development, and artist management. While these fields may seem drastically different, Hakim ties them together with a common theme: facilitating holistic processes that will help people to achieve their full potential and accomplish their dreams. 

VIJAY PRASHAD
Journalist, commentator, George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Read more --

KAMEELAH MU'MIN RASHAD
Interfaith Fellow and Muslim Chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the Founder and President of Muslim Wellness Foundation. Read more --

MEEJIN RICHART
Advocacy and Events Associate at the Center for Constitutional Rights and member of CAAAV Organizing Asian communities. Her expertise is organizing around police brutality and US militarism, specifically in Asian/Pacific Islanders and LGBTQ communities. More here --

URSULA RUCKER
America spoken word recording artist. Her music combines social awareness into womanhood and black culture. She has performed all over the world for music festivals and shows. Read more --

JAMALA ROGERS
Writer, author, and long-time organizer and activist in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a leading member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Organization for Black Struggle. Read more --

STEVEN SALAITA
Scholar, author, and public speaker. In 2014, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign withdrew their offer of employment to Salaita, after reviewing his tweets on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Read more --

RICKIE SANDERS
Professor of Geography/Urban Studies and former Director of Women’s Studies at Temple University. More here --

UMI SELAH (formerly Philip Agnew)
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Dream Defenders, a youth-based coalition on the ground in Florida, credited with having the Trayvon Martin murder case prosecuted. More here --

KATHRYN SUMMERS
Senior at Temple University involved with different organizations around the city including PSL and BRAC. As a writer, she hopes to reach out to her audiences with her own experiences and telling the stories of others.

KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR
Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, writer/author, activist, and public speaker. Read more --

DONALD TIBBS
Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University. His expertise focuses on the overlapping issues of race, law, civil rights and criminal procedure. More here -- 

CORNEL WEST
Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Read more --
 

KASHARA WHITE

PAMELA WHITNEY WILLIAMS
Senior Pastor of The Ark of Refuge Tabernacle Church, a radically inclusive Christian fellowship church in Philadelphia, PA.

JEREMIAH WRIGHT
Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC) in Chicago. In 2008 his sermons were heavily scrutinized when they were publicized in connection to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Read more --