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Earl Fowlkes, Jr. is the President, CEO, and Founder of the Center for Black Equity, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Black LGBTQ+ people worldwide. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Rutgers University and a master’s degree in social work from City College of New York.

Anamika Sen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She holds a masters degree in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a bachelors degree in economics from Jadavpur University in India.

Manoj Viswanathan is a professor of law and the Harry and Lillian Hastings Research Chair and Co-Director of the Center on Tax law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings).

Antonya Jeffrey is the New York state director for the Fines and Fees Justice Center. Jeffrey’s holds a master‘s degree in political and strategic communications from American University and a B.S. in communication and rhetorical studies from Syracuse University.

Tyler Whittenberg is the deputy director of Opportunity to Learn at the Advancement Project National Office. He holds a master’s in politics and education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a J.D. from Tulane University.

Jessica Alcantara is a senior staff attorney in the Opportunity to Learn program at Advancement Project. She holds a B.A. in geography and Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies from Dartmouth College; an M.A. in Latin American and Latino Studies at Fordham University; and a J.D. Columbia University.

Amanda Su is a health policy Ph.D. student at Stanford University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Courtney Coile is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics at Wellesley College. She holds a an A.B. in economics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Beaumont Morton is the director of environmental health and education at WE ACT for Environmental Justice. Morton holds a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College in environmental studies, an M.S. in environmental policy from The New School’s Milano School, and an M.S. in education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.

Bo Cowgill is an assistant professor at Columbia Business School. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. in statistics (unfinished) and a B.A. in public policy from Stanford University.