Dina is an activist, humanitarian, and movement builder focused on peace and security, foreign policy, and youth empowerment in the Middle East & North Africa region. As a former refugee from Iraq, Dina began her public service career in the grassroots community serving refugees, asylums, and wartime Iraqi and Afghan interpreters. Her current work involves consulting and advising key stakeholders on the MENA region both within and beyond the educational sector and mobilizing political, social, and human rights awareness by engaging youth, activists, media, nonprofits, and more institutions.

Abed is a passionate advocate for American-Muslim causes. He has held positions as a Government Affairs Intern at CAIR-Chicago, a Community Organizing Fellow at Utah Muslim Civic League, and an Advocacy & Policy Fellow at IL Muslim Civic Coalition. At these organizations, he has worked on both the community side, making sure American-Muslims have access to the resources they need, and on the policy side, advocating for action on the issues that matter to the Islamic community. Abed will be a third-year undergraduate at the University of Chicago next year where he is studying history and political science. He hopes to pursue a law degree after graduation and become a civil rights and liberties lawyer.

Ramis is a freshman at Emory University pursuing a double major in International Studies and Middle Eastern/South Asian Studies. He is Muslim and a Pakistani-American from Salt Lake City, Utah. Ramis was born in Chicago and his parents were born in Peshawar and Karachi, Pakistan. Some of his favorite things in the world are reading political texts, the San Francisco 49ers, and music. He is passionate about social justice work and aspires to one day inspire positive change within his community. His worldview and perspectives on social justice are inspired by the Audre Lorde quote, “Without community, there is no liberation...but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the...pretense that these differences do not exist."

D’Andre, a reformer, advocate and San Diego native is continuing to positively impact his community. As a member of San Diego’s Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention and a Juvenile Justice Program Associate at the Children's Initiative in San Diego, Brooks is fighting to provide opportunities and resources for young at-risk youth. While spending his young adult life years incarcerated, Brooks decided to take control of his future and began educating and manifesting a new life for himself. Brooks graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Criminal Justice and is currently studying for his Masters of Public Administration. Today he is an entrepreneur and an active father.

Angie is a junior at Mary Baldwin University. She is a first-generation student studying to get her BA in Political Science with a minor in Spanish Language and Culture. She has worked at the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement since 2019, and is a member of the Quest Interfaith Club, Student Government Association, and the Mary Baldwin College for Women. Through being a part of different social justice initiatives she has worked with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and identities, both religious and racial/ethnic. As a co-facilitator of Election 2020 deliberative dialogue sessions, she learned about how people with marginalized identities are affected by politics.

Harmeet a Sikh American interfaith organizer, writer, educator, and the editor of Faith in Full Color. They are a candidate for the Master of Sacred Theology (STM) at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. Harmeet’s scholarship centers the experiences of marginalized communities of faith in the United States and the ways that these communities organize politically. They hold a Master of Arts degree from Union Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William & Mary. Harmeet teaches South Asian folk and classical dance across the East Coast with the Moksha Arts Dance Company.

Gloria was born in Bolivia and came to the United States at a young age. She was a witness to different struggles between poverty, racial tension, and political regimes in both countries. Gloria has served in various parts of the United States through promoting and illustrating the importance of education for the young. While at the university, she became inspired about interreligious dialogue and built a local community where they could discuss beliefs of the Abrahamic religions in an open environment. As part of her Interfaith Fellowship from the Center for Catholic Jewish Studies at Saint Leo University, she regularly organized reading and discussion groups and was a member of the Interfaith Youth Core. She aspires to be a theology professor and create a positive impact in different communities.