Fay Stewart-Muir
Aunty Fay is a highly respected Aboriginal Australian Elder who has served the Victorian community for over 40 years.
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Dorianne Laux
Laux is the author of three collections of poetry from BOA Editions, Awake (1990), What We Carry (1994), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Smoke (2000). She is also co-author, with Kim Addonizio, of The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (W.W. Norton, 1997).
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Alexis Pauline Gumbs is the author of several works of poetry as well as “Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals” and “Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.”
Dr Carol Oliver
Since 2002 Carol Oliver has held multiple roles at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) becoming the Deputy Director in 2012.
Laura Bridgman
The first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language
Thelma Mothershed-Wair
One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, Wair later worked in the East St. Louis school system for 28 years
Annie Patterson
Irish musician, author, and music teacher
Carlotta Walls LaNier
One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools and author of A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
Gloria Ray Karlmark
One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, she later founded and served as the Editor-in-Chief for Computers in Industry, an international journal of computer science and engineering.
Minnijean Brown-Trickey
One of the Little Rock Nine children who de-segregated their Arkansas schools, she later served in Clinton Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Workforce Diversity in the Department of the Interior.