Severodonetsk has been under attack by Russian forces with Ukrainian soldiers facing battle as they defend the city. To discuss, we FEATURE Nina Jankowicz. Jankowicz is a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute where she studies the intersection of democracy and technology in Central and Eastern Europe and a senior advisor at the Centre for Information Resilience. She is the author of How To Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict (Bloomsbury/IBTauris). In 2018, she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on responses to disinformation. Previously, she advised the Ukrainian government on strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Prior to her Fulbright grant in Ukraine, Jankowicz managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Foreign Policy, CNN, PBS.

Primary elections were yesterday in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota for the 2022 midterms. To discuss, we FEATURE María Teresa Kumar. Kumar is the founding President and CEO of Voto Latino and an Emmy-nominated contributor with MSNBC. Under her leadership, Voto Latino has become a key factor in national elections by directly registering over a quarter million new voters and influencing millions more through viral, celebrity-driven campaigns. Under her leadership, Voto Latino has won numerous awards including two Webby Honoree awards, and several Promax awards for best in ethnic marketing. Media includes: The Washingtonian, Huffington Post, MSNBC.

The Summit of the Americas is this week. The U.S. and other countries will discuss migration, climate change and the economy. To discuss, we FEATURE Erika Guevara-Rosas. Guevara-Rosas is a feminist lawyer and human rights activist, who currently serves as the Americas Director at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. She is responsible for leading the organization’s human rights work across the region. Guevara-Rosas has more than twenty years of international experience in the fields of human rights and social justice philanthropy. Before joining Amnesty International, she was the Regional Director for the Americas at the Global Fund for Women (GFW). At GFW, Guevara-Rosas managed to secure and mobilize more than $15 million in support to women’s rights movements. Guevara-Rosas also served as Legal/Protection Officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), managing complex operations in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Panama andVenezuela, mainly in border areas with war-affected populations. Extensive media experience.

Two hundred countries are meeting in the German city of Bonn from June 6-16 to find resolutions for global warming. To discuss, we FEATURE Daphne Wysham. Wysham is leading the Center for Sustainable Economy’s policy and advocacy work on climate change. Daphne has worked on research and advocacy at the intersection of climate change, human rights, fossil fuels, international finance, carbon markets and sustainable economies since 1996. Her path-breaking research and advocacy has resulted in shifts in public policy and investment at the national and international level. For 8 years, from 2003-2011, she hosted Earthbeat Radio and TV, which focused on the politics of climate change and other environmental issues. Wysham is concurrently an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. She also is the coordinator of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network. Media includes: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Grist, The Guardian, The Nation, MSNBC, BBC, NPR.

President Biden plans to take executive action in order to boost solar manufacturing and revive clean energy projects. To discuss, we FEATURE Jessica Jewell. Jewell is an Associate Professor in Energy Transitions at the Department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers University and a Professor at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen. Her research focuses on the feasibility of climate action and influence of energy security on the energy transition. She is a recipient of a European Research Council's Starting Grant as well as the Principal Investigator of a project funded by the Norwegian Research Council and a leader of work packages in collaborative research projects supported by European and Swedish funding agencies. Media includes: The Conversation, Economist, New Scientist.

The House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol attack will be unveiling new evidence against Donald Trump in a public hearing this week. To discuss, we FEATURE Adele M. Stan. Stan is an expert on right-wing movements in the United States. She was the editor of Right Wing Watch, a project of People for the American Way, for three years until late 2021 and a weekly columnist at The American Prospect. She is a winner of the Hillman Prize in Opinion and Analysis Journalism. She began her magazine career at Ms. magazine, where she served both on staff and as a contributing editor. Along the way, Stan developed expertise in covering the intersection of religion and politics, in addition to her lifelong specialty in covering women's issues. Her Mother Jones cover story on the religious right is considered by many to be a definitive primer on the movement. Media includes: The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, The Washington Blade, Mother Jones.

Johnny Depp has successfully won his defamation case against his former wife, Amber Heard, who wrote an op-ed about domestic abuse. Many advocates and legal experts believe the verdict will have a chilling impact on women who speak up against abuse and publications who publish them. To discuss, we FEATURE Jennifer Freyd. Freyd is the Director of Project on Institutional Courage and Founder of The Center for Institutional Courage. Freyd is a widely published and nationally-renowned scholar known for her theories of betrayal trauma, institutional betrayal, institutional courage, and DARVO. She researches these topics in the context of institutional behavior, sexual violence, discrimination on the basis of gender, minority status, and sexual orientation, and also disclosures of abuse. In 2014, Freyd was invited two times to the U.S. White House due to her research on sexual assault and institutional betrayal. Media includes: The New York Times, Mother Jones, The Mercury News, The Washington Post, Voice of America.

Juneteenth is coming up and will commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. To discuss, we FEATURE Donna A. Patterson. Patterson is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy at Delaware State University. She also directs the Africana Studies program. She is on the editorial advisory boards of Africa Today and the World Medical and Health Policy Journal. She is an Associate Review Editor for the American Historical Review. Patterson is the editor of the Routledge Research in Health and Healing in Africa and the African Diaspora. Patterson’s media commentary has appeared at Slate, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Al Jazeera, Globe and Mail, South China Morning Post, San Diego Union Tribune, African Arguments, Huffington Post, ABC, CBS, PBS.

June is LGBTQ Pride Month and to commemorate, we FEATURE Kierra Johnson. Johnson is Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. As a bisexual Black woman, Johnson is one of few out queer-identified women of color at the helm of a national LGBTQ organization. Johnson came to the Task Force after serving as URGE’s Executive Director and has a wealth of experience in organizational leadership and management, program development, youth leadership and reproductive justice. She is recognized as a national expert on queer and reproductive rights issues and has testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives and has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, Feministing, Fox News and NPR.

WMC SheSource has a list of additional experts for LGBTQ Pride Month.