Ethics, Equity, and Repair
davarian baldwin
Internationally recognized Black scholar, urbanist, cultural critic, and public advocate.
“The “ivory tower” model is failing. The future of higher education belongs to institutions that reclaim the public good through community partnerships and rebuilding public trust.”
Tiera Tanksley
100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics | Justice, Technology & Education Expert | Award-winning AI Researcher
“Push back against “the default setting” of AI. Algorithmic racism has socio-emotional, mental health, and educational consequences. Resist biased technologies, and let’s produce more just and joyous digital experiences together.”
Wilbert L. Cooper
Award-Winning Author | Narrative Journalist | Documentary Filmmaker
“I want more than the safety and survival that the shield can provide. I want to be free, unafraid, and unguarded in my love for the world.”
Brando Simeo Starkey
Groundbreaking Historian Fighting for Justice and Freedom from Caste | Law and Policy Expert
“We can reform society with a focused framework. We often try to fight racial injustice with an anti-discrimination framework. Yet, to make real change, we need to expunge not discrimination but what I call castework.”
rich benjamin
Predictive Anthropologist | Cultural Visionary | Social Leader | Acclaimed Author
Benjamin’s latest book, Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History, encourages readers to become active agents of history and has been received “not only as a portrait of Benjamin’s family, but as a bold, pugnacious portrait of America.”
Nicholas Buccola
Political Theorist | Philosopher | Award-winning Author | Expert in American Political Thought
Historical clashes over ideals still divide American politics today. As a political philosopher, I uncover dramatic stories of pivotal figures from history and reveal what they can still teach us about the practice of freedom.
myisha cherry
Director of emotion and society lab | PHILOSopher of emotion | resiliency coach
“I help people decode emotions, understand their wisdom, and unleash their power so that they can achieve personal and professional success.”
jezz chung
Inclusive Wellness Advisor | Multidisciplinary Artist | Disability Advocate | Creative Career Coach
A former dancer, trained actor, and award-winning writer, Jezz Chung is a creative force with sharp cultural insights and a globally recognized voice for social change.
Safiya U. Noble
Leading Voice on AI Ethics and Algorithmic Discrimination | Bestselling Author
“People adopt technologies with the understanding that these systems are reliable, neutral information sources. Yet, the companies behind them optimize for max profit. I reveal harmful biases to help us build something better.”
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Democracy and Tech Visionary | Media Scholar and Cultural Historian | Educator, Journalist, Author
“We have traded a system that was biased and commercially distorted for one that is biased, commercially distorted, and prone to simply making things up, all while sounding more confident than any of the sources it cannibalized to produce its answer.”
LEE HAWKINS
Pulitzer Prize Finalist Journalist and Author | 19-years at WSJ | Harvard and columbia fellow
“There are millions of Black Americans in this country who lived through Jim Crow apartheid, who are alive today. Any Black person who’s over 60 years old, who grew up in the South is a Jim Crow survivor. That’s what I call them survivors of American apartheid. And I think that’s important. It’s important to teach our children and to study the impact that it has had on families in the American family of all races.”
Amirta Chakrabarti Myers
Award-winning Archival Historian and Author | Community-Based Organizer
“I uplift the untold. People in power dictate our historical narratives by suppressing what doesn’t fit neatly. It’s time to reveal the stories that didn’t make the narrative and dismantle the unjust systems holding us all back.”
rima vesely-flad
Bestselling Author | Black Buddhist Studies Founder | Black Radical Thought Scholar
“I saw myself as capable. But I did not see myself as powerful and fierce. I reckoned with my penchant for self-silencing; I was wired to make myself safe. But I was inspired by Baldwin and Lorde to face my own suffering—the absences, the hatred—and perhaps in doing so, to cultivate a deep sense of authority within my own being.”