Author, Trainer, Practitioner

Kazu Haga, a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice who works with incarcerated people, youth, and activists from around the country and has over 25 years’ experience in nonviolence and social change work, is a core member of Building Belonging, the Ahimsa Collective, and the Fierce Vulnerability Network. Kazu is also a Jam facilitator and the author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. He and his family are residents of the Canticle Farm community on Lisjan Ohlone land, Oakland, CA.

Researcher and Advocate for Media Literacy Education

Renee Hobbs, a researcher and advocate for media literacy education, is one of the nation's leading authorities on media literacy education and has authored 12 books and more than 300 scholarly and professional articles to advance the theory and practice of digital and media literacy education. She has helped train a generation of scholars and teachers on four continents through her scholarship and community service, receiving more than $7 million in grants to support research, education and community outreach efforts.

Dirtroad Organizing
Co-Founder

Chloe Maxmin, co-founder (with her best friend, Canyon Woodward) of Dirtroad Organizing and co-founder of and advisor to JustME for JustUS, a Maine-based organization focused on rural youth civic engagement and climate justice, also runs Begin Again Farm with her partner, Bill Pluecker, growing organic vegetables for her community. Chloe’s political engagement has included co-founding Divest Harvard when she was a student there, serving in the Maine House of Representatives in 2018, and in the Maine State Senate in 2020, when she was the youngest woman ever to serve in that body. Chloe is also co-author (with Canyon Woodward) of Dirt Road Revival.