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Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist and policy expert who builds community around climate solutions. Co-founder of the nonprofits Urban Ocean Lab and The All We Can Save Project, she co-hosts the podcast “How to Save a Planet.”


Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the only female director to have received two Academy Awards by age 37. She has made over two dozen award-winning films in over 16 countries, including Student Athlete, Girl in the River, Song of Lahore and Saving Face.


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Paola Mendoza

Paola Mendoza is a director, activist, author and artist whose work focuses on human rights. A co-founder of The Women’s March, she served as its artistic director. Paola’s most recent book is the YA novel Sanctuary.


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Emily Ladau

Emily Ladau is a disability-rights activist, writer, and speaker. She is the editor in chief of Rooted in Rights, co-host of “The Accessible Stall podcast,” and author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally. Her…


Rebecca Carroll

Rebecca Carroll is a writer, cultural critic, host of the podcast “Come Through with Rebecca Carroll” (WNYC Studios) and The Meteor's Editor-at-Large. Her memoir, Surviving the White Gaze, has been optioned by MGM/TV and Killer Films, with Rebecca…


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Jennifer Boylan

Jennifer Boylan is the Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence at Barnard College. A contributing writer for The New York Times and trustee of PEN America, she is the author of 16 books, including She’s Not There, the first bestselling work by a…


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Treasure Brooks

Treasure Brooks is an activist, cultural critic and film student at Harvard University. Her work includes opinion writing, multimedia art and political organizing. She currently hosts and produces The Meteor’s IGTV series “The Meteor……


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Drew Broussard

Drew Broussard is a curator and producer. He has programmed for The Public Theater, Selected Shorts, the Onassis Foundation, The Bellwether, Literary Hub and more. He's also a writer, musician and podcaster.


Cindi Leive

Cindi Leive

Cindi Leive is an award-winning journalist and media leader. The former editor-in-chief of Glamour and Self and author of best-selling books including Together We Rise, she is a senior fellow at the University of Southern California Annenberg Center…


Amy Richards

Amy Richards

Amy Richards is an author, producer and political organizer. The author of We Are MAKERS (based on the PBS series), she produced The Glorias and the Emmy-nominated Viceland series Woman. Amy is the president of Soapbox and creator of Feminist Camp.