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Sabrina Williams is act.tv’s Chief Operations Officer. She holds a JD/MBA from DePaul College of Law and has almost two decades of business experience, focused on organizational growth and efficiency. As a lifelong activist, act.tv has been an optimal setting for her to expand her skill set and create positive change in the world.
Jocelyn Macurdy Keatts is Washington Director and on camera correspondent for Act TV. She has a degree in psychology, and has had her research published by the American Psychological Association, winning awards for her scientific achievements from the US Army and Yale.
Elana Levin has worked at the frontlines of digital organizing and the labor movement since 2006. Levin directed digital organizing and communications for UNITE HERE, Writers Guild East and the CWA managed bank worker organizing campaign. Seeing the need for digital strategy training focused on the needs of union staff and members Levin co-founded the Organizing 2.0 conference
Dr. Dan Hocoy, Goddard College President

Speakers

Reed Galen is an independent political strategist and co-founder of The Lincoln Project. Additionally, Reed is the host of The Lincoln Project Podcast. A veteran public affairs and political professional with more than 20 years’ experience, Galen has spent more than a decade advising Fortune 50, 100 and 1000 companies.
Ben Meiselas is a Partner at Geragos & Geragos, where he focuses on civil litigation and civil rights law. Most notably, Ben represented Colin Kaepernick in his highly-publicized lawsuit against the NFL and led a class action lawsuit against Billy MacFarland and FYRE festival.
Charles Lenchner has been organizing for over 35 years. Born in the US and raised in Israel, he’s been a pioneer in using social media and online communications. During the 1st Intifada, he founded a group of refuseniks and spend time in prison for refusing to enforce Israel’s Occupation.
CM Files is a Washington, D.C. based organizer and digital strategist, with 10+ years of experience in electoral and issue based and workplace organizing. They have spent the last five years collaborating and leading the digital strategy efforts for the AFL-CIO.
Nicole McCormick is a mother, educator, labor organizer, and local leader in the historic WV Educator’s strikes of 2018 and 2019. Nicole has traveled around the country sharing her story of how she became a radical, militant, WV redneck through learning to own her labor.
Danny Goldberg has worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company president, public relations man and journalist since the late 1960s.
Goldberg is currently President of Gold Village Entertainment, a
management company which represents Steve Earle, The Waterboys, Martha Wainwright, Ben Lee, and Lola Kirke among others
Matt Haugen is a researcher, policy analyst, and organizer focused on building a just and sustainable world. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Climate and Community Project, writes a newsletter called Terrain, and organizes with DSA.
From Occupy Wall Street to Standing Rock, Jay Ponti is a grassroots political organizer, trainer, and consultant who has participated in some of the most important social movements of the last decade. He was the co-creator of #BankExit, the campaign which ignited billions in fossil fuel divestments and has masterminded direct actions that have received international media attention.
Niko Georgiades, co-founder of independent media organization Unicorn Riot, has published hundreds of articles, videos, livestreams, and documentaries ranging topics from protests and resistance to investigations, to arts and culture, to alternative economies and community projects. Georgiades’ first documentary productions was a spotlight on Milwaukee’s ‘Heal the Hood’ events, which brought together street-organizations.
Alice Hu is a climate activist based in New York City.
Casey Kennedy is a barista at Starbucks and a member of the Starbucks Workers United National External Communications Committee. Casey likes to think that she’s using her Tiktok obsession for good by using the video-sharing platform to celebrate barista’s organizing victories and expose Starbucks’ disgusting union-busting campaign.
Hamilton Nolan is a journalist who has written about labor and politics for Gawker, In These Times, the Guardian, and elsewhere. He is an elected council member of the Writers Guild of America, East. He is currently writing a book about the labor movement.
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