Angela Glover Blackwell

Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer, founded PolicyLink in 1999 and continues to drive its mission of advancing economic and social equity. Under Blackwell’s leadership, PolicyLink has become a leading voice in the movement to use public policy to improve access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education, and infrastructure. (Read Full Biography)

Stewart Kwoh

Stewart Kwoh is the founding president and executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) based in Los Angeles. Founded in 1983, APALC has become, under Kwoh’s leadership, the largest and most diverse legal assistance and civil rights organization representing the Asian Pacific Islander community in the United States. Kwoh is also vice-chair of the Board of Directors for the Asian American Justice Center (formerly the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium) which was founded by APALC in 1991. (Read Full Biography)

Manuel Pastor

Manuel Pastor is professor of Geography and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Founding director of the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Pastor currently directs the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at USC and is co-director, with Dowell Myers, of USC’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration. (Read Full Biography)