Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021A 2021-2022 Harvard Religion + Public Life Fellow in Media + Entertainment, Dr. Maytha Alhassen is a historian, TV writer + producer, journalist, arts-based social justice organizer, and mending practitioner. She has worked as an on-air host for Al Jazeera English and The Young...
PLURALIST VISIONARIES George Goehl is the Director of People’s Action, where he led the most robust, race conscious rural organizing and persuasion program in the United States. No other organizer has put more into making the case that progressives need a strategy that includes low-income white...
PLURALIST VISIONARIES LaTosha Brown is the Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, BVM Capacity Building Institute and founder of the Southern Black Girls & Women's Consortium. These initiatives are designed to boost Black voter registration and turnout, as well as increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black...
PLURALIST VISIONARIES Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) is the Founder and Executive Director of IllumiNative, a national Native-led organization focused on changing the narrative about Native peoples on a mass scale. She built IllumiNative to activate a cohesive set of research-informed strategies that illuminate the voices, stories,...
PLURALIST VISIONARIES Cristina Jiménez is the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of United We Dream (UWD), the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country. She was instrumental in United We Dream’s successful campaign for President Obama to sign Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) into law....
Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021Alicia Garza is an innovator, strategist, and organizer. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, founder and principal of the Black Futures Lab, the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and the co-founder of...
Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021As a transgender rights activist, artist, community organizer, speaker, and writer, Elle Moxley is best-known for her work as a co-founding member of the Black Lives Matter Network and organizer of the first-ever National Day of Action for Black Trans Women, in 2015. Elle...
Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021Imara Jones is an award-winning content creator and journalist with nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of media, journalism, and social change. She has been featured regularly in a number of leading news outlets such as The Guardian, The Nation, MSNBC, CNBC,...
Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021Paola Mendoza is a film director, activist, author, and artist. She is a co-founder of The Women’s March and served as its Artistic Director. She was a leading participant in the New York Times best-seller Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest...
Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021Zahra Noorbakhsh is a feminist Muslim, Iranian-American comedian, writer, and podcaster. Her podcast #GoodMuslimBadMuslim was deemed a “must listen” by O, The Oprah Magazine, and her writing has been featured in The New York Times and on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Her...
Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021Eric K. Ward is a nationally recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy. In his 30+-year civil rights career, he has worked with community groups, government and business leaders, human rights advocates, and philanthropy as an organizer,...
Pluralist Visionaries2020-2021Ai-jen Poo is a labor leader, award-winning organizer, author, and a leading voice in the women’s movement. She is the Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Director of Caring Across Generations, Co-Founder of SuperMajority and a Trustee of the Ford Foundation. Ai-jen...