Crystal Mello is a fellow with the Equation Campaign and working as a community organizer for POWHR, Protect Our Water Heritage Rights in the fight to stop the Mountain Valley […]

Russell Chisholm is Managing Director of the Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights coalition in the campaign to stop Mountain Valley Pipeline and dangerous fossil fuel expansion through Virginia and West […]

Somah Toya Haaland (they/them) is a queer Indigenous organizer from the Pueblos of Laguna and Jemez in New Mexico. They are a Communications Coordinator with Pueblo Action Alliance, a community […]

Jeffrey James is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker. He co-founded The Climate, Inc., a multi-platform media company providing a public forum for two marginalized groups affected by climate change. He […]

Christine Spolar has been a journalist for decades, working as a writer, correspondent and editor on investigations and in conflict zones. She was the Washington Post correspondent in Bosnia and […]

Carlton Eley is Senior Director for Federal Strategies. He comes to Race Forward following a long career of encouraging planning and policy solutions that are responsive to the needs of […]

Emma D. Miller (Producer) is a filmmaker and creative consultant based in Los Angeles. Her films have been supported by Sundance Institute, Field of Vision, International Documentary Association, and Ford […]

2023 DCEFF Vantage Grant Finalist Hope Davison (co-director/producer) is a 2nd generation Japanese American from central North Carolina. Her past work explores themes of intersectional identity through empathy-driven lens. She […]

2023 DCEFF Vantage Grant Finalist Melanie Ho (co-director/producer) is a 2nd generation Vietnamese American with roots in Florida and Mississippi. Her documentary, sống ở đây, explores the Vietnamese community in […]

2023 DCEFF Vantage Grant Finalist Sara Elbanna is a writer and researcher based in New York. Alongside her written work, she has used various mediums to explore the blurred boundaries […]