Racial Justice
- Cristina Jiménez and Julieta Garibay
- Founders of United we Dream in 2010-youth-led immigrant organization dedicated to protecting and defending immigrant rights
- Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors
- Created Black Lives Matter movement after murder of Trayvon Martin and court finding Zimmerman not guilty in 2013
- Marley Emerson Dias
- Launched #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign in 2016
- Lateefah Simon
- In 2003, won a MacArthur genius grant for her work helping impoverished and formerly incarcerated women. She has kept fighting against injustice and working in marginalized communities, helping young activists thrive.
- Erika Andiola
- Appeared on Time magazine in 2012 regarding immigration rights
- Ciara Taylor
- Started activism upon Taryvon Martin’s murder in 2012-now political director of Dream Defenders
- Michelle Alexander
- Author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"
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