Senior Policy Advisor

As the reported death toll in Gaza reaches 1,868 with 67 Israelis also killed, and negotiated ceasefires are broken, we FEATURE expert Gail Pressberg, a Senior Policy Advisor to Americans for Peace Now and a Senior Fellow at the Civil Society Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting breakthroughs in civil society. She specializes in International Issues focused in the Middle East and North Africa and has worked for over 25 years on Middle East peace, democracy and energy. Previously Ms. Pressberg, who was the Director of APN’s Center for Israeli Peace and Security in Washington, DC.

Executive Director

Today, President Obama hosts the US- Africa Summit - the largest US event with African leaders ever, and we FEATURE Africa expert Elise Keppler. Keppler is a senior counsel with the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch and the author of fact-finding reports on the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone and Uganda’s International Crimes Division. Ms. Keppler works closely with civil society across Africa to combat unprincipled backlash to the ICC following arrest warrants for the Sudanese president for Darfur crimes. She is regularly quoted by international and African media, including Associated Press, British Broadcasting Corporation, Al Jazeera, National Public Radio, New York Times, American Lawyer, Guardian (Nigeria), Daily Times (Malawi), The Monitor (Uganda), and Mail and Guardian (South Africa).


Associate Professor of Law

Following the recent ruling against the death penalty in California, and Arizona's Attorney General ordering a hold on all executions until an enquiry into the troubled execution of Joseph Wood III, we FEATURE Diann Rust-Tierney. Rust-Tierney is the the Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. She serves as the national spokesperson for the organization and the movement to eliminate capital punishment. Previously the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Capital Punishment Project in Washington, D.C, she has been featured on numerous media outlets including; ABC News, Good Morning America, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Crossfire, BET, CourtTV's Supreme Court Watch, Pacifica Radio, BBC News

New York City Council Member

We FEATURE Jessica González-Rojas, an expert in reproductive health to talk about surrogacy issues and rights following the Thai surrogate baby dispute. González-Rojas is the Executive Director at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and provides policy expertise including testimony at congressional briefings. Jessica provided content for the groundbreaking publication, “Reproductive Justice Briefing Book: A Primer on Reproductive Justice and Social Change”, contributed an NLIRH publication in the anthology, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, 2nd Edition (Routledge Press, 2010) and served as an Advisory Member for the publication of Latina/o Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies (Rutgers University Press, 2010). Media includes: The New York Times, PBS (Bill Moyers), The Huffington Post, The Nation, and El Diario/La Prensa