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john a. powell is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties and a wide range of issues including race, structural racism, ethnicity, housing, poverty, and democracy. He is the Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute and a Professor of Law and Professor of African American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California. Previously, Professor powell founded and directed the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota and was National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union where he was instrumental in developing educational adequacy theory. His most recent book is Belonging without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World.
Courtney E. Martin is the author of five books, including Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists and The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream, as well as the popular newsletter Examined Family. She is the co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, FRESH Speakers, and the Bay Area chapter of Integrated Schools, as well as the Storyteller-in-Residence at The Holding Co. Martin has collaborated with a wide range of organizations, including TED, The Aspen Institute, and the Obama Foundation, won the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics, and holds an honorary doctorate from ArtCenter College of Design. In her most recent book, Learning in Public, Martin examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other parents as they navigate school choice.