Susie Revels Clayton

Susie Revels Cayton was an African American author, journalist, and later active leader in the Black community during the turn of the twentieth century in Seattle, Washington.

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Nonbinary femme poet, writer and intersectional activist, who advocates for disability justice as well as for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans (LGBT+) and Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) rights.

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Mary Matsuda Gruenewald

Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, a fearless and determined advocate for education, has demonstrated that the pursuit of knowledge is an act of resistance against injustice.

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Farnaz Fassihi

Iranian-American journalist who, for over 20 years, has covered all sorts of wars and uprisings across the Middle East, in places like Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, the West Bank, Turkey, Syria, and more. She is the United Nations Bureau chief for the New York Times and was a senior writer and war correspondent for the Wall Street Journal for 17 years, based in the Middle East.

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