Marita Golden is the co-founder and president emeritus of the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation; has taught in the MFA programs of both George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth universities and the MA in writing program at Johns Hopkins University; and is an award-winning author of 22 works of fiction and nonfiction. Twitter: @maritagolden

Ricardo Levins Morales is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He uses his art as a form of political medicine to support individual and collective healing from the injuries and ongoing reality of oppression. Instagram: @ricardolevinsmorales

Natasha Deganello Giraudie is a filmmaker and nature practice teacher whose work draws on her studies with the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh, as well as time with Indigenous wisdom keepers in Venezuela, where she’s from, and California, where she lives. She is the host of the podcast Heart to Heart With the Earth. Instagram: @rosa.guayaba

Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) is a documentary photographer who spent the past decade traveling the country now known as the United States to document more than 500 sovereign Tribal Nations. The resulting book, Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America (April 2023), became a New York Times bestseller. She co-hosts the podcast All My Relations. Instagram: @Project_562

Stephanie Williams is a freelance photographer and visual storyteller based in the greater Washington, D.C., area. She brings authenticity to her work to create compelling images, from portraits to event and lifestyle photography to business marketing. Instagram: @stephaniewilliamsimages

Francesco Da Vinci is an L.A.–based photographer represented by Getty Images for more than 10 years. He is also a book author, peace activist, and photojournalist whose work has been published in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, and LIFE. Website: francesco-da-vinci.com