Aber Kawas
Aber Kawas is a Palestinian American community organizer from Brooklyn New York. She has been working with the Arab and Muslim communities in New York City around policy issues such as immigration reform, unlawful policing, and surveillance, as well as advocating against Islamophobia. Aber served as the NYC Advocacy Specialist with the Campaign to Take on Hate…
Read MoreTaurean J. Webb
Taurean J. Webb‘s scholar-activism is at the intersection of Black/Palestinian solidarity. As a Black Christian abolitionist theologian and critical race theorist, his focal areas are inter-racial and interfaith coalition. For the past several years, Webb’s movement-building work has consisted in faith-based organizing and facilitating trainings for groups/persons seeking to grow deeper in their critical coalition pursuits,…
Read MoreSandra Tamari
Sandra Tamari is an organizer with the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and co-chair of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Steering Committee. Since the murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson, she has focused on joint liberation among Palestinians, black Americans, and other communities of color. Tamari has a master’s in Arab studies from Georgetown University…
Read MoreGabriel M. Schivone
Gabriel M. Schivone is a writer and dramatist from Tucson, AZ, currently based in New York City where he founded People’s Theatre Productions. The subjects of his published fiction, nonfiction, and stage plays have spanned US foreign policy, Palestine, and radical labor issues. Schivone’s essays, news and analysis have appeared in Mother Jones, The Nation, London Guardian, McClatchy Newspapers, Paris Le…
Read MoreRebecca Pierce
Rebecca Pierce is a Black and Jewish documentary filmmaker, journalist, and organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work focuses on issues of racial justice in the United States, Palestine and Israeli society, highlighting the impact of state violence on marginalized communities. She is a core member of the Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi…
Read MoreGabi Kirk
Gabi Kirk is a PhD student in geography at the University of California Davis. Using critical and feminist methods, her research asks questions about how nature and power interact in settler-colonial contexts, particularly Palestine-Israel and California. She looks at Israel’s military effects on the environment, historically and today. She is particularly interested in the transnational indigenous…
Read MoreRobin D. G. Kelley
Robin D. G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. In addition to seven books on U.S. social movements, social policy, race, and African American politics, culture and art, Kelley has written broadly on Black/Palestinian solidarity, apartheid in Israel, BDS and cultural boycott, and the long history of Black movements…
Read MoreRev. Graylan Hagler
Rev. Graylan Hagler is a minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ who has been engaged in a politically directed progressive ministry for over forty years. He helped to lead the Free South Africa Movement in Boston, MA; has been a leader in the affordable housing arena; and has…
Read MoreBill Fletcher, Jr.
Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the former president of TransAfrica Forum. He is a long-time activist around labor, racial justice and international affairs. He is a syndicated writer and author of two books. Location: Washington, DC Areas of expertise: Historical background; race; labor Click here to contact.
Read MoreBasma Eid
Basma Eid is a first generation Arab-American born to Egyptian immigrants based in Queens, NY. She currently is the Campaigns and Membership Coordinator at the International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net). She previously served as the National Program Manager at Freedom to Thrive where she supported intersectional abolitionist organizing. She has spent time organizing alongside…
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