Jane Jeong Trenka is author of The Language of Blood and Fugitive Visions.

Julia Chinyere Oparah is Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Mills College and author or editor of several books, including Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth and Battling Over Birth.

Sun Yung Shin is editor of A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota and author of Unbearable Splendor; Rough, and Savage; and Skirt Full of Black.