Breanna Moore is a third year PhD student in the History Department at University of Pennsylvania. She graduated from UPenn with majors in International Relations and African Studies in 2015. Her research interests include slavery, the transAtlantic slave trade, the colonization of North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa, and the history of the African diaspora. She's passionate about disseminating diverse histories which center marginalized groups to the public, inside and outside of academic spaces, through multimodal mediums such as film, digital media, fashion, and public history projects. In 2019, she was commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to create an art installation for the opening of their New Africa Galleries. She co-created a dress, titled "Wearable Literature," which uses art and embroidery to express the importance of ancestral communication and the principle of Sankofa in the design of the fabric. She joined the Penn Slavery Project in Spring 2018. Through the Penn and Slavery Project's Augmented Reality Mobile App, she documents the history of my family over five generations, from slavery to the present, set in contrast with the fortunes of my family's enslavers which included two men who received medical degrees from Penn during the 19th century. Breanna began organizing in college as a co-chair of S.O.U.L. (Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation). She joined N'COBRA in summer 2020. She's currently at U.S. fellow at ICTJ (International Center for Transitional Justice).

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, a daughter of Detroit, is the Director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs for the city of Philadelphia. She also manages the Mayor's Commission on Interfaith Affairs. Naomi is also an adjunct professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, with joint affiliations with the University's Center for Peace and Justice Education and Africana Studies program. In 2019, Naomi received the Pohlhaus-Stracciolini Award for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes an adjunct faculty member at Villanova who demonstrates a commitment to the life of the mind and to the well-being of students through teaching that is intellectually stimulating, challenging, and accessible, with efforts extending beyond the classroom. Naomi was most recently the Faith Work Director for the National LGBTQ Task Force, the country's oldest national LGBTQ justice and equality group. In that role, she coordinated the Task Force's public faith messaging and advocacy and leadership development work in faith communities.

Lucy Duncan lives in West Philly, is the Truth and Reparations Education Fellow for the Truth Telling Project, serves on the advisory council for the Grassroots Reparations Campaign, is a member of the Green Street Quaker meeting reparations committee, and is a co-founder/principal of reparationWorks.

Natty Burgos (they/she/he) is a white + latinx nonbinary organizer + amateur craftsperson living in so-called Philadelphia. They work at a natural dye house in Lancaster, PA.

Jaq is a black genderqueer Philly native visual artist, aspiring journeyman and organizer. They specialize in fine art portraiture and tattooing, remedial constructional home building and is one of the founding members of the Black Visioning Group (BVG) overseeing Housing Reparations Philly (HRP).

The Housing Reparations Group (also known as Housing Reparations Philly) organizes in pursuit of reassuring/securing housing via redistribution through the lenses of reparation. (HRG) centers Black Queer/trans/MaGes (marginalized genders), darker skinned, fatter, disabled/different-abled, poor, hood, femmes raised/rooted in Philadelphia. Through cashapps & patreon they mobilize white and non-Black friends of color to redistribute wealth, as well as energy for things relating to sourcing labor for home repairs, co-signing homes, errand support, and house cleaning/chores.

Samantha Johnson is a Black, queer community organizer, and a 19-year Fort Greene NYCHA resident. Her background in theater and her attendance at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy helped Ms. Johnson find her voice early on, and she has consistently used that voice to uplift and embolden her community. As an Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Independence of the Disabled, she advocates for more transparency and access to resources for individuals with disabilities. She also connects people with disabilities who are about to be released from incarceration with social and economic resources to enable them to maintain self-determined well-being. Following the police killing of Mike Brown in 2014, she organized against state-sanctioned violence and led national campaigns for black, brown, and queer liberation that activly centered the visions of directly impacted people.

Ben is a researcher analyzing the data and narratives that shape our world.

Brittany Williams is a womanist, a ride or die freedom fighter, and art-maker - creates work that is part reality, part fugitive. She is a graduate of University of South Florida. Brittany's artistic work biomythically explores her ancestral lineage and memory of growing up in the swamplands of Florida.

Marz Saffore is an artist, organizer, and educator born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She received her M.F.A. in Studio Art from New York University (2017). Her multimedia art practice blurs the line between art/culture, political/personal, and private/public through video, performance, and installation. Currently, Marz is a doctoral student in Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU. Additionally, she teaches courses on art, media, and decolonization as an adjunct professor at NYU. Marz is also a member of MTL+ Collective, a group of artists, writers, and educators who combine research and aesthetics in political action.