Jacoby is a trans social justice educator and yoga teacher who leads workshops and trainings around the country on diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus at the nexus of healing and social justice. More of his teachings can be found on his website and his book, A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation.

Beloved Communities Network collaborates with a network of partners that are transitioning to a world of love, interdependence, and resilience, guided by a holistic approach that includes leading with bold vision and values, embodied practice, radical connection, and strategic navigation. More of their teachings can be found in the resources section of their website.

Leslie brings her heart and wisdom to the intersection of Dharma, Embodied Wisdom, and liberation. Using this framework, through her teaching and writing on changing the paradigm of self and community care, she supports folks in creating a culture of belonging. She shares her offerings widely as a university lecturer, public speaker, and Buddhist philosophy and meditation teacher. Leslie is passionate about supporting frontline communities to thrive in their work. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her partner and pup and serves as the Guiding Teacher of New York Insight. More of her teachings can be found on her website.

Scarlett is an Afro-Indigenous, Two-Spirit, Black abolitionist feminist and frontline organizer with a passion for creating transformative community connections and building power to collectively end systems of injustice. She brings her direct life experiences with trauma, violence, grief, sobriety, and grassroots social justice organizing to the intersection with traditional ancestral medicine and reclamation and reconnection with the ancestors. More of her work can be explored by contacting her directly through the CASA Pitzer website.

Kazu is a trainer, advocate, and practitioner of nonviolence, restorative justice, and mindfulness. He works to support healing for individuals, collectives, and societies by combining various organizing and healing modalities, working in prisons and jails, high schools and youth groups, and with activist communities around the country. More of his teachings can be found in his book, Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm.

Haize is a spiritual counselor, mentor, healer, master doula, and world traveler. Haize facilitates how to live a heart-led life and be midwives and doulas to the new consciousness and action we need today for personal healing and collective justice. More of her teachings can be found on her website and in her program: “Get Rooted Doula Training: The Haize Way.

Kerri is the founder of CTZNWELL, a movement that is democratizing well-being for all. A descendant of generations of firemen and first responders, Kerri has dedicated her life to kicking down doors and fighting for justice. She’s been teaching yoga for over twenty years and is known for making waves in the wellness industry by challenging norms, disrupting systems, and mobilizing people to act. More of her teachings can be found on her website and in her book, American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal.

Hala Khouri has been teaching yoga and movement for over twenty-five years and has been doing clinical work and trainings for fifteen years. Originally from Beirut, Lebanon, Hala has dedicated her life to the work of trauma-informed care, embodied social justice, trauma-informed education, and resilience. She cofounded Off the Mat, Into the World, a training organization to bridge yoga and activism within a social justice framework, and she leads Collective Resilience trauma-informed yoga and somatics trainings nationally. More of her teachings can be found on her website and in her book, Peace from Anxiety: Get Grounded, Build Resilience and Stay Connected Amidst the Chaos.

Mobius is a home for people creating Liberatory Technology products, systems, and narratives. Their mission is to activate and support a tech ecosystem focused on healing and liberation, prioritizing Black, Brown, Indigenous, queer people, youth, and others who are marginalized by the dominant tech sector. Mobius weaves together a supportive community of people who are building and enabling Liberatory Technology, including regenerative investors, scholars, storytellers and non-fellow technologists, entrepreneurs, and artists.

Keely Nguyễn comes from a legacy of strong-willed women in rural coastal provinces of Southern Vietnam. As a first-generation Vietnamese American from a working-class background, Keely is passionate about sharing collective memories and cultural stories to resist and build community with folks, specifically directly impacted youth. She currently works as a communications manager at Partnership for Safety and Justice, working to disrupt the carceral state through narrative building, advocacy, and digital organizing. More information can be found through that organization’s website.

Tessa was raised in a family of activists, artists, and teachers in the eclectic community of Venice Beach, which has informed her work spanning twenty-five years with civil rights and social justice nonprofits and in higher education. She has directed a number of community centers, facilitated hundreds of workshops, and taught classes at Pitzer College in areas ranging from anti-bias education, movement arts, healing justice, and community-based research collaborations. More of her teachings can be found on her website and in her books, Student Development and Social Justice: Critical Learning, Radical Healing and Community Engagement and Healing and Justice in Higher Education.

Susy is a transdisciplinary, decolonial feminist and community-centered scholar, teacher, and practitioner with a focus on Xicana Indígena spirit work. Her work is rooted in decolonization, critical feminist of color collaborative methodologies, oral and visual storytelling, and intergenerational healing. More of her teachings can be found in her 2022 book, Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas: Remembering Xicana Indígena Ancestries.