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Olivia Gude is a community muralist and an assistant professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Kristina Rizga is an editor and publisher of the online Wiretap magazine. This essay is excerpted with permission from "Top 10 Youth Activism Victories in 2007."

Laura is a professor of English, ethnic studies and women and gender studies at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. She is also a published author of non-fiction and poetry.

Jill Spain is a middle school language arts teacher in New Jersey. She has earned a bachelor of arts degree in special education and a master of arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. She is the recipient of an Outstanding Lessons Award for a Holocaust lesson for sixth graders, has participated in the “Lest We Forget” study tour to historic Holocaust sites in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic and is a member of her school’s curriculum council.

Karen is a second-grade master teacher at Aspire Monarch Academy in Oakland, California. In addition to teaching, Schreiner is a mentor teacher with the Aspire Teacher Residency Program, coaching and co-teaching with a resident teacher. She is a culture lead teacher at Monarch, working with the Culture Leadership Team to improve school culture and climate. In 2016, she was awarded the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching. Twitter: @schreink.

Peggy Moss is a freelance writer and former civil rights attorney based in Freeport, Maine. She the author of the award-winning children's book Say Something.

Holly Holland, a writer and editor based in Louisville, Ky., is the author of Making Change: Three Educators Join the Battle for Better Schools (Heinemann).

Michael R. Wenger is a special consultant to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.