As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, there has been an uptick in antisemitic sentiments and attacks around the globe. To discuss, we FEATURE Rabiah Ahmed. Ahmed is the former media and public Affairs director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council where she focused on generating awareness of MPAC's policy positions as well as strategic communications for the larger American Muslim community. Today, she is CEO of Mirza Public Relations: a strategic communications firm that specializes in media relations, marketing, multimedia production, and event management. Rabiah has worked extensively on public perceptions of Islam and Muslims and has launched campaigns such as "Muslims Care" and "My Faith My Voice" to address the rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment in our society. She also also authored a media guide, American Muslims: A Journalist Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims and is frequent speaker at conferences. Media includes: The Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, BBC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, NPR.

As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, there has been an uptick in antisemitic sentiments and attacks around the globe. To discuss, we FEATURE Sophie Ellman-Golan. Ellman-Golan is the director of strategic communications at Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ). Prior to joining the JFREJ staff, Sophie worked as a political and messaging strategist with a focus on antisemitism, and white nationalism, helping to expose ties between far-right movements and elected officials. Before that, she served as the director of communications and digital outreach at Women’s March. As one of the national organizers of the Women's March on Washington, Sophie was named one of Glamour Magazine's 2017 Women of the Year. The Forward named her one of the nation's 50 most influential Jews in 2017. The Jewish Week named her on their list of 36 Under 36 in 2018, and JTA named her one of 50 Jews to follow on Twitter in 2019. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, Cosmopolitan, HuffPost, Haaretz, MSNBC, NY1.

Over the weekend, thousands of people around the world—in countries such as the U.S., U.K., Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, France—took to the streets to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Heads of several major United Nations bodies have also called for a ceasefire. To discuss, we FEATURE Lisa Schirch. Schirch is Richard G. Starmann chair in peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. She has 30 years of experience in peacebuilding research, policy advocacy, practice, and teaching. Schirch is the author of eleven books emphasizing local civil society agency and capacity, including Strategic Peacebuilding (2005), Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding (2006), Dialogue on Difficult Subjects (2007), Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Toward a Participatory Approach to Human Security (2014), The Ecology of Violent Extremism (2018), Synergizing Nonviolent Action & Peacebuilding (2018) and Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Tech-tonic Shift (2021). Media includes: Huffington Post, Common Ground News, The Washington Post Global, CNN, Fox News, NPR.

Today is Election Day. In Ohio, voters are deciding whether to amend abortion access laws that would ban abortions at six weeks. To discuss, we FEATURE Jill Ellen Habig. Habig is a former civil rights prosecutor and policy advisor to Kamala Harris, and the founder and president of Public Rights Project (PRP). PRP works with local governments and community partners to help ensure that laws are enforced equitably and civil rights are protected, including workers rights, voting rights, immigrant rights, housing rights, and more. Since 2022 they have been on the frontlines of ongoing state & local legal fights to protect reproductive rights across the country. She regularly speaks to the media about civil rights and contributes opinion articles to top-tier publications, such as an op-ed in The Hill about protecting abortion rights in hostile states: The abortion battle has moved to your local court. Media includes: USA Today, The 19th, Daily Kos, Fortune Broadsheet, The Washington Post, Reuters, The New York Times, CNN.

Tensions are growing in the war in Ukraine following a deadly missile strike in Kviv. To discuss, we FEATURE Katarzyna Kubiak. Kubiak is the structured dialogue officer at Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). She has over a decade of professional experience in academia, think tanks, NGOs and IGOs, advising European decision-makers and facilitating international security dialogue on conventional and nuclear arms control, risk reduction, nonproliferation, and new emerging technologies, mainly in the NATO-Russia context. At the OSCE, Kubiak supports the Structured Dialogue to enhance understanding on the current and future challenges and risks to security in the OSCE area that could serve as a common solid basis for a way forward, create a conducive environment to reinvigorate conventional arms control and CSBMs, and incubate ideas for other OSCE bodies. Media includes: Russia Today, Deutsche Welle, ELN, ARD.

Porn and nude images created by artificial intelligence has risen by 290% since 2018. To discuss, we FEATURE Asia A. Eaton. Eaton is an sssociate professor of psychology at Florida International University (FIU), where she runs the Power, Women, and Relationships (PWR) Lab. She is also the head of research for the nonprofit organization Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), which is working to understand and end cyber abuse. Eaton has expertise in cber abuse, including image based abuse and "revenge porn." As a feminist social psychologist, she studies how gender intersects with identities such as race, class, and sexual orientation to affect individuals’ access to and experience with power in (a) intimate partner relationships and (b) the workplace. Media includes: The New York Times, Prevention Magazine, Psychology Today, Telemundo, Mic, BBC, NBC.

Hundreds of migrants from from Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Venezuela have joined a migrant caravan in Mexico that is headed towards the U.S. southern border. To discuss, we FEATURE Lorella Praeli. Praeli is the co-president of Community Change and Community Change Action. She has expertise in path to citizenship, inclusion in economic policies, immigrant voters, DACA, TPS, immigration enforcement, and the immigrant rights movement. Praeli is available to speak about immigration policy, politics, the future of the American electorate and changing demographics, social justice, and the pocketbook issues that affect families trying to make ends meet (including child care, the safety net, and affordable housing). Media includes: The Washington Post, Associated Press, The New York Times, MSNBC.

Saturday is Veteran's Day. To commemorate, we FEATURE Graciela Tiscareño-Sato. Tiscareño-Sato is a bilingual Latina military veteran (former aviator), keynote speaker, feminist and ten-time award-winning author and publishe. She also regularly serves her fellow veterans with her marketing expertise as a “Personal Branding for Veterans” instructor at universities to help them market their best assets via stories and successfully transition into the civilian world. She’s lent this expertise to Syracuse University’s V-WISE program, empowering women veterans to become entrepreneurs. Tiscareño-Sato has lectured on social entrepreneurship and green economy innovations, central focus of her five-time award-winning book Latinnovating: Green American Jobs and the Latinos Creating Them. She’s written numerous columns about successful entrepreneurs and military veterans from the Latino community. Media includes: Redbook, The New York Times, Costco Connection, Fox News Latino, La Opinión, NBC News.

November is American Indian Heritage Month. To discuss, we FEATURE Gwen Leaffe Carr. Carr is an award winning artist, musician, singer, writer, storyteller advocate and activist on American Indian and social justice issues. She is an enrolled member of the Cayuga Nation of New York, Heron Clan. Carr is currently serving as the executive director of the Carlisle Indian School Project, which honors the students of the first government-run boarding school for Native Americans. Carr is the founder of the Wisconsin American Indian Democratic Caucus. Ms Carr has turned out the greatest number of American Indian voters in the history of Wisconsin. She is a tireless advocate for social justice and American Indians in particular. She has also had over thirty years of experience in working with American Indian Tribes. Media includes: Insight, Indian Country Today, National Native News, Wisconsin Public Radio.