Labrea Pringle is an educator, activist and doctoral candidate who currently serves as the Village Director for Themed Communities at North Carolina State University.
Britt Hawthorne (they/she) is an anti-racist and anti-bias writer, educator, advocate and activist, who provides anti-racism workshops and anti-bias training for parents and educators with the goal to move the idea of racial justice to reality and practice.
Keith Jones (he/him) is the president and CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences LLC, a recognized leader within social justice and disability rights movements, and a multi-talented artist who, along with Leroy Moore and Rob Temple, founded the Emmy Award-winning Krip Hop Nation.
Lydia Bates (she/her) is the program manager of Partnerships in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Her work focuses on preventing radicalization and the spread of extremist beliefs to help reduce harm and violence in the United States.
Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D., (he/him) is a professor of counseling psychology at Howard University, editor-in-chief of The Journal of Negro Education, and director of Education Innovation and Research at the NAACP.
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers (they/she) is executive director at GLSEN, which was founded in 1990 by a group of educators and is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safer and more affirming schools for LGBTQ+ students.