Diana Yanez
Yanez tackles issues of race and sexuality using comedy. From writing to filmmaking, her talents breakthrough one-dimensional stereotypes.
Women Leaders
Women to watch: Experts changing the face of feminism
Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan
Adventures in wine and food from an industry leader with a hint of inspiration to follow your life’s passions.
Nikki Giovanni
World-renowned poet, activist, writer and educator. Over the past thirty years, Nikki Giovanni, one of the foremost black poet activists, has brought the eyes of the world upon her.
Kathryn Woods
Recreating the remarkable life of famous abolitionist, feminist, and escaped slave Sojourner Truth, Kathryn Woods memorializes one of the most significant figures in American history.
Emily Hunter
A second generation environmental activist, Hunter’s documentary series Activism 2.0 shows the new wave of environmental activists on the front lines of grassroots movements.
Video: Activism 2.0 – Rebirth of the Environmental Movement
Lorene Cary
Powerful storyteller, educator, and social activist delivering important autobiographical, historical, and fictional stories about issues surrounding race and class.
Suzan Shown Harjo
President of The Morning Star Institute. Poet, writer, lecturer and policy advocate, who has helped Native Peoples protect sacred places and recover more than one million acres of land.
Jianying Zha
Born in Beijing, educated in the West, journalist and author Jianying Zha brings unique insight into the rapid changes and movement in Chinese culture, politics, and economics.
Edith Widder
Biologist, adventurer, deep sea explorer, innovator & inventor, who — through her organization ORCA — is changing the nature of aquatic conservation!
Winona LaDuke
Native American environmentalist, economist, and author working on sustainable development practices
Kate Clinton
Award-winning political humorist, feminist, and crusader for LGBTQ rights, Clinton has been called “a savvy, witty observer of American life”, and uses humor as a tool for social change.
Sandra Steingraber
An international anti- fracking activist & biologist who fights for the environmental protection of others. Steingraber sees environmental rights as a basic human right.
Video: Speaking out on Fracking
Susan Douglas
Prize-winning author, columnist, feminist scholar, and cultural critic. She chronicles the widening gap between the images of women in the mass media and their everyday lives.
Lisa Dodson
Award winning author and sociologist, Dodson’s book The Moral Underground: A Silent Movement for Economic Justice shares stories that restore a sense of justice into the working world.
Gail Dines
Scholar and social critic, Dines is at the forefront of the anti-pornography movement, leading the efforts to raise awareness of the connections between pornography, misogyny and violence.
Video: Gail Dines at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Annie Leonard
Executive Director for Greenpeace USA and widely known for her documentary The Story of Stuff, Leonard is vigorously dedicated to ecological sustainability. Her criticism of excessive consumerism challenges what we make, use and throw away.