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Sheila Bedi leads the Southern Poverty Law Center’s efforts on behalf of children in Mississippi and Louisiana and provides strategic guidance on select campaigns in other states.

Stephanie is an assistant professor of social studies education at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include democratic and citizenship education, pre-service teacher education and social studies education.

Linda Alston is author of the book, Why We Teach: Learning, Laughter, Love and the Power to Transform Lives and recipient of the 2006 Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award.

Anne Savage is an Educational Resource Specialist at the Library of Congress, where she develops and delivers professional development, as well as creates classroom materials. Before coming to the Library, she was an elementary teacher and school-based technology specialist in Fairfax County, Virginia, and a programming manager of educational Web content at a large corporation.

Susan, an enrolled member of the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina, is a professor in the Educational Leadership Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Faircloth’s research interests include: Indigenous education, the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students with special educational needs, and the moral and ethical dimensions of school leadership.

Scott Martelle is a Detroit-based journalist and critic.

Liz Harlan-Ferlo is a writer and world religions teacher at a PreK-12 independent Episcopal school, where she also serves as the advisor to the intercultural student association and also as a chaplain.

Hannah Sachs is a theater director, activist and educator. This summer, she is teaching and directing at Theatre Lab in Washington, D.C., prior to moving to the Czech Republic as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. She recently graduated from Smith College, where she studied theater directing with a minor in religion and a concentration in community engagement and social change. Hannah has previously taught third grade at East African Community Services in Seattle, Washington, and facilitated theater workshops at Kensington International School in Springfield, Massachusetts. In addition to

Becki Cohn-Vargas is the director of Not In Our School (NIOS) and a national speaker on the subject of school-based bullying. Currently she develops standards-based bullying prevention curriculum and has worked with over 150 NIOS efforts at schools and colleges across the United States. Earlier in her career, she spent over 35 years in public education in California. Her new book,“ Identity Safe Classrooms: Places to Belong and Learn,” co-authored with Dorothy Steele, was published by Corwin Press .

Julie Weiss is an education writer with a commitment to social justice. She holds a Ph.D. in American studies, has taught at the college level and now develops curricula, textbook materials and assessments.