Ai-Jen Poo Ai-Jen Poo is an organizer for fair labor standards for Caribbean, Latina, and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York. She helped pass Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law (first law in the U.S. to guarantee domestic workers basic labor protections such as overtime pay and paid leave), and is a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award. Elouise P. Cobell Elouise P. Cobell initiated the largest class action suit against the U.S. Government in history for Native American rights. She won a settlement that restored land to reservations, and a  $60 million scholarship fund for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives is named in her honor, the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund. In addition to her activism, she is a Blackfoot Confederacy tribal elder and won the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Marsha P. Johnson Marsha P. Johnson was a revolutionary LGBT rights activist credited for being an instigator in the Stonewall riots. The Stonewall riots were a reaction to police targeting and public arrests. It has been described as a watershed moment in LGBT history. Marsha also established Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries (STAR), a group committed to helping homeless transgender youth in New York City.  Yuri Kochiyama Yuri Kochiyama was an activist for many issues such as the anti-war movement during the Vietnam war, reparations for JapaneseAmerican internees, and the rights of people imprisoned by the U.S. government for violent offenses, and black separatism with Malcolm X. She was also active in opposing the profiling of and bigotry against Muslims, Middle Easterners, and South Asians in the U.S. Luisa Moreno Originally from Guatemala, Luisa Moreno was a leader in the United States labor movement and a social activist. She unionized workers, led strikes, and convened the 1939 Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española, the "first national Latino civil rights assembly". In addition to her labor activism and unionization efforts, she was an activist against police brutality and for immigrant rights.  Thenmozhi Soundrarajan Thenmozhi Soundrarajan is a Dalit rights activist, filmmaker, and artist. Growing up as a Tamil Dalit, she was driven to tell the stories of marginalized communities. This oppression led to her founding the international media training organization Third World Majority. Working in support of Dalit activists in India, #dalitwomenfight has attracted a social media following in the tens of thousands. Muzoon Almellehan Muzoon Almellehan is a 19 year-old Syrian activist and refugee who resettled in the UK. She began advocating for education for girls while living in a refugee camp in Jordan. She works to prevent child marriage and keep girls in school by persuading parents to leave their children in refugee schools rather than making them marry early. She is also the youngest Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF.  Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who painted many portraits, self-portraits and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class and race in Mexican society. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. Mary Hamilton Mary Hamilton was a civil rights activist who participated in the Freedom Rides, eventually getting arrested for her participation in the movement. In addition to this, she was involved in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), rising to leadership as the third female field secretary in its history, and eventually becoming CORE’s Southern regional director. Later in life, she worked as a union organizer for drug and hospital workers and eventually went on to teach English before retiring in 1990.  Angela Davis Angela Davis is an author, academic, and political activist for many issues including gender equity and civil rights. She wrote the revolutionary book Women, Race, and Class which examines the impact of racism and classism on women’s liberation in the U.S. She is also one of the founders of Critical Resistance, which aims to abolish the “prison-industrial complex.” Davis was a member of the Communist Party USA as well as an associate of the Black Panther Party. Nadya Okamoto Nadya Okamoto is a social entrepreneur and activist, known as the Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization PERIOD.The organization distributes period products (tampons, pads, menstrual cups, reusable pads, etc.) to people in need, involves youth leaders through campus chapters at universities and high schools around the United States, and works toward social and legal change surrounding menstrual equity.  Linda Sarsour Linda Sarsour is an American political activist and former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. Beginning with advocacy on behalf of American Muslims, she has extended her activism to other civil rights issues such as Black Lives Matter, immigration policy, and mass incarceration. She has been a supporter of the progressive movement and the Democratic Party. Sarsour was co-chair of the 2017 Women's March and of the 2017 Day Without a Woman strike and protest.   Maida Springer Kemp Maida Springer Kemp was an American labor organizer who worked extensively in Africa for the AFL-CIO. She advised fledgling labor unions, set up education and training programs, and liaised between American and African labor leaders. She was also the first African-American woman to represent U.S. labor abroad. In addition, she was active in the civil rights movement, and advocated for women's rights around the world.