Activists
Harlym 125
Actor, poet, activist
Faisal Alam
Founder and former director of Al-Fatiha
Robert "Biko" Baker
Executive Director of The League of Young Voters
Kat Barr
Deputy political director at Rock the Vote
Karlo Barrios Marcelo
Research associate, CIRCLE
Gabrielle Bérubé
Intern with Opportunity Maine and youth mobilizer
Molly Beacham
Director of development, Democracy North Carolina
Lucas Benitez
Co-director of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
S. Bear Bergman
Writer, theater artist, and a queer activist.
Julian Bond
Chairman, NAACP. Civil rights activist.
Heather Box
Field development director, League of Young Voters
Michael Bracy
Co-founder, the Future of Music Coalition. Advocate for the music community.
Melissa Lynn Bradley
Founder and president, New Capitalist
William Brawner
AIDS educator and activist
William Brawner
AIDS educator and activist
Stefanie L. Brown
National Director of the NAACP Youth & College Division
Robert Cabrales
Community organizer, Communities for a Better Environment
Stephanie Chang
Former field organizer, One United Michigan
Troy G. Clair
Deputy Director of External Relations for Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer
Rosa Clemente
Organizer, journalist, and entrepreneur
Kathleen Cogan
Organizer for Student PIRGs
Sam Davis
Policy analyst
Martha Diaz
Educator, organizer, and filmmaker
Mallika Dutt
Founder and executive director of Breakthrough.
Jotaka Eaddy
Field Manager, USAction & USAction Education Fund
Ethan Eilon
Executive director, CRNC
Kenyon Farrow
Activist, writer, and community organizer
Sara Fatell
Political organizer
Reverend James Forbes
Senior minister, The Riverside Church
Malcolm Glenn
Editor and blogger
Keli Goff
Blogger, commentator, and author of Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence
Roger Goodman
Oral historian, workshop facilitator, and HIV/AIDS activist. Fought at the Stonewall Rebellion. Has been living with AIDS since 1995.
Ryan Gosling
Actor and activist
Jehmu Greene
National director, Project Vote
Rajai Hakki
U.S. marine; student, American University
David Halperin
Director, Campus Progress, and Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress
Monique Harden
Co-founded Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Tom Hayden
Social and political activist
Jennifer Heitel Yakush
Public policy associate, SIECUS
Frederick M. Hess
Director of education policy studies, American Enterprise Institute; executive editor, Education Next
Michael Hirsh
International affairs writer for Newsweek, Washington Web Editor for Newsweek
Mary Anne Hitt
Executive director, Appalachian Voices
Jen Horwitz
Field organizer for Amnesty International USA's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office
Omer Ismail
Co-founder, Sudan Democratic Forum
Raed Jarrar
Architect and political analyst
Jeff Johnson
Senior advisor for youth and urban outreach, People for the American Way
Jeff Johnson
Executive Director of Truth is Power
Kierra Johnson
Executive director, Choice USA
Omar Khan
Student activist
Malia Lazu
Executive director, Racial Justice Campaign Fund
Eloise-Rose Lee
Program director, Media Alliance.
Mary Mahoney
Assistant director, Pro-Choice Public Education Project
Tom Malinowski
Washington advocacy director, Human Rights Watch
Silvia Martinez
Coordinator of the Trans Network of Nicaragua
Jimmy Massey
U.S. Marine
Tom Matzzie
Washington director, MoveOn PAC
Erin Mazursky
Co-founder & former director, STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition
Timothy McCarthy
Professor Harvard Kennedy School
Pat McGann
Communications director, Men Can Stop Race
Maria McMath
Researcher, African American culture in the U.S.
Weldon McWilliams
Student, Temple University
Will Mega
Political strategist and activist
Mia Mingus
Co-executive director of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now.
Joe Montano
Northern Virginia regional field organizer, State Partnership Program
Kandi Mosset
Tribal Campus Climate Challenge organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network
Ralph Nader
Consumer advocate
Raf Noboa
Veteran of Iraq war; writer; student
Josh Norek
Deputy Director, Voto Latino
Stephanie Nyombayire
Representative, Genocide Intervention Network; student, Swarthmore College
Matt Ortega
Internet Department for the Democratic National Committee
Jennifer Pae
Vice president, United States Student Association
Eli Paintedcrow
Veteran of Iraq war
Eli Pariser
Executive director, MoveOn.org Political Action
Gabriel Pendas
Vice-president, United States Student Association
Angela Peoples
Policy and Advocacy Manager
Galen Peterson
Founding Director, Turf Unity Music Program
Laren Poole
Founder and filmmaker, Invisible Children
Manju Rajendron
League of Young Voters
Hans Riemer
Executive Vice President and Washington Director, Rock the Vote
Maya Rockeymoore
Founder, President, CEO of Global Policy Solutions
Favianna Rodriguez
Artist and grassroots activist
Nathan Rothstein
Co-founder of the New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals Initiative
Nancy Rubin
Former U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Commission on Human Rights
David Saperstein
Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Matt Singer
Freelance writer, Left in the West; student, University of Montana
Heather Smith
Field development director, League of Young Voters
Jefferson Smith
Founding chair, Oregon Bus Project
Joseph Steve Franco
National Coordinator at Voto Latino
Mona Sutphen
Former diplomat, managing director of the New York office of Stonebridge International.
Luke Swarthout
Associate director, State Public Interest Research Group Higher Education Project
Maria Teresa Peterson
Executive director, Voto Latino
Lyric Thompson
Policy Analyst at Women for Women International
Rebecca Thompson
Chief lobbyist for USSA
Yvonne Tran
Youth organizer with Californians for Justice
William Upski WImsatt
Author; founder and executive director, League of Young Voters Education Fund; founder and executive director, League of Young Voters
Karin Wang
Activist
LaGloria Wheatfall
Media, journalism, and HIV/AIDS activism
Pete Woiwode
Field director for Oakland Rising
Jay Woodson
Activist, National Hip Hop Political Convention
