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she/her
Position(s)
Partner, Content and Communications
Team(s)
Content

Amy is passionate about media and design that amplifies movements for dignity and freedom. She is the author of two acclaimed books on social justice movements: Revolutionary Voices, which introduced a rising generation of LGBTQ youth activists more than 20 years ago; and Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels and Black Power, which explores interracial solidarity among poor white communities in the 1960s. For three decades, Amy has worked at the intersection of media, social change, libraries, and education. As co-founder of Media Justice with Malkia Cyril and Jen Soriano, Amy helped build a national network to advance media rights and digital democracy. As a public librarian, Amy led award-winning youth and civic engagement programs and supported libraries to operationalize racial equity. She earned her MLIS from San Jose State University, and a Dual B.A. in Journalism and Women’s Studies from Syracuse University. She lives in the Bay Area, where you can find her dancing, hosting Zoom karaoke, and reading (of course).