Karen Chen EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCATION BOSTON, MA Karen Chen is Executive Director of the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), a 43-year-old grassroots civil rights organization. Karen’s training began as a 10-year-old when she immigrated to the US and became a de facto interpreter and advocate for her immigrant working-class family, later honing her leadership…
Muntaha Mohamed LEAD FACILITATOR & HEAD OF YOUTH PROGRAMMING PORTLAND, EMPOWERED PORTLAND, ME Muntaha Mohamed is a Black/Somali woman, artist, and activist living on Abenaki Land. She believes in and works to build community, create safe spaces, and enact the courage it takes to envision and move towards an equitable world together. Muntaha co-leads creative…
Christie Nold TEACHER, SOUTH BURLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT Christie Nold (she/her) lives and works on Abenaki land in Vermont. She is a public middle school teacher in South Burlington, just five miles from her childhood home. In addition to teaching middle school humanities, Christie co-facilities Students Organizing Against Racism (SOAR), co-instructs a graduate…