Desmond Meade

President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition & Chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy

Arthur Garrison

Professor, Scholar & Author on Criminal Justice History and Black Incarceration in America

Dr. Lipi Roy

National Addiction Expert, Former Rikers Jail Chief, Media Medical Commentator

Deanna Van Buren

Design Director & Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

Monique W. Couvson

Social Justice Scholar & Author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools"

Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Award-Winning Scholar, Educator & Human Rights Activist; Faculty Member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and John F. Kennedy School of Government

Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom

Judge Victoria Pratt

Former Chief Judge, Newark, NJ Criminal Justice Reform Activist; Executive Director of Odyssey Impact & Author of "The Power of Dignity"

Meet the judge who assigns essays in court

Jessamyn Stanley

Author & Advocate; Sought After Expert in Yoga & Intersectional Identity

Deborah S. Esquenazi

Documentary Filmmaker; Known for Peabody Award-Winning Film "Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four"

Mariah Parker

Rapper, Abolitionist & Former Georgia County Commissioner

Lynn Novick

Award-Winning Director, Writer, Producer & Documentary Filmmaker on Culture, History, Politics, Sports, Art, Architecture, Literature, and Music

India Walton

Candidate for Mayor of Buffalo, Registered Nurse, Community Organizer & Community Land Trust Practitioner

Raymond Santana Jr.

One of the Central Park Five, Filmmaker & Creator of Park Madison NYC Clothing Line

Kevin Richardson

One of the Central Park 5, American Criminal Rights Activist & Businessman

Makeda N. Jones

CEO of Empowerment Changes Everything LLC, Professor, Prison Reform Activist, Forensic Psychiatrist & Author

Sonya Renee Taylor

Founder & Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology

Nick Turner

President of Vera Institute of Justice

Hilderbrand Pelzer III

Multi-Award Winning Principal, Author of "Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison" & Educational Equity Champion

Johanna Fernández

Historian, Activist, Abolitionist & Author of "The Young Lords: A Radical History"

Ali Siddiq

Comedian, Entertainer & Comedy Central's "Up Next" Winner