Members

Key Members and Allies of The People’s Think Tank
Updated August 14, 2024

Members of the PTT Representing Organizations Working Toward Ed Justice

Collaborating Members and Research Participants

  • Channing Martinez, Labor Community Strategy Center
  • Chioma Oruh, ChiBornFree, Inc.
  • Joe Hobot, American Indian OIC
  • Karen KG Marshall, Rethink New Orleans
  • Manuel Criollo, Organizing Roots
  • Marcos Aguilar | Tlayecantzi, Anawakalmekak and Tzicatl CDC
  • Maria DeGillo, Communities United
  • Shalonda Curtis-Hackett, Alliance for Quality Education (AQE)
  • Shelby Chestnut, Transgender Law Center
  • Tanesha Peeples, The Black Community Collaborative

Collaborating Researcher Members

  • Bianca Ortiz-Wythe, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Shaun de Vera, California State University, Sacramento

Members Active at Various Times

  • Angel Alicea, The Black Inmate Commissary Fund
  • Aida Cardenas, Building Skills Partnership (former)
  • Amatullah Mervin, The City School – Boston (former) 
  • Dmitri Holzman, Center for Popular Democracy (former) / EarthSeed
  • Elana “E.M.” Eisen-Markowitz, Teachers Unite / Eskolta School Research & Design
  • Jaime Koppel, Communities for Just Schools Fund
  • Janna Shadduck-Hernandez, UCLA Labor Center
  • Kate McDonough, DSC New York
  • Keron Blair, AROS (former) / Groundswell
  • Maisie Chin, CADRE (former)
  • Maureen Gillette, Seton Hall University (former)
  • Monica Garcia, LAUSD Board of Education (former)
  • Neva Walker, Coleman Advocates (former)
  • Pam Martinez, Padres y Jóvenes Unidos (retired)
  • Sally Lee, Teachers Unite (former)

Allies of the People’s Think Tank

  • Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago & Chicago Teachers Union (former)
  • David Turner III, UCLA
  • Jim Miller, Brave New Films
  • Jose Calderon, Pitzer College (Emeritus), Latino/a Roundtable San Gabriel
  • Judith Browne Dianis, Advancement Project
  • Karen Mapp, Harvard University
  • Pedro Noguera, University of Southern California
  • Russell Skiba, Indiana University
  • Shawn Ginwright, Harvard University
  • Veronica Terriquez, UCLA

Members in Memoriam

  • Allison Brown, Communities for Just Schools Fund (RIP)
  • Jeannie Oakes, UCLA (Emeritus, RIP)
  • Ricardo Martinez, Padres y Jóvenes Unidos (RIP)

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