Steve Phillips is a national political leader, bestselling author, and columnist. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority and national bestseller How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good. He is a columnist for The Guardian and The Nation, and an opinion contributor to The New York Times. He is also the host of “Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips,” a color-conscious podcast on politics. He is the founder of Democracy in Color, a political media organization dedicated to race, politics and the multicultural progressive New American Majority. Phillips is a graduate of Stanford University and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and practiced civil rights and employment law for many years. Phillips has appeared on multiple national radio and television networks including NBC, CNN, MSNBC and C-SPAN.

Aiko provides overall direction to the Just Solutions Collective. She has nearly 30 years of experience working on public policy issues and campaigns around the US on poverty, inequality, women’s rights, consumer protection, and environmental justice, in addition to state and federal partisan campaigns. Before working with Just Solutions, she was on the faculty at the University of Washington, teaching in their graduate program.  She also was the founding director of Front & Centered, a BIPOC-Frontline coalition working on climate policy in Washington State.

Angel oversees digital strategy and content creation for Just Solutions as the Senior Digital Strategist. They have nearly a decade of experience in social media management, content development, and digital media production. From grassroots projects to community-centered nonprofits, Angel has supported various movements grounded in social justice through their expertise in strategic communications. They graduated from the University of North Florida with a B.S. in Mass Communications, specializing in Public Relations and minoring in Sociology. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Angel enjoys spending time in the water, soaking up the sun, and navigating life as a new parent.

Tayler Ward is the Senior Manager of Communications and Education Programs at Just Solutions Collective. Tayler seeks to elevate and address the needs of BIPOC community partners by sharing and creating resources that provide valuable environmental and climate justice information. Her upbringing in Richmond, CA, a city with many environmental concerns, inspired much of her personal passion for environmental justice. Tayler holds a Master of Urban & Regional Planning and a Master of Public Health from UCLA where she focused on Environmental Analysis & Policy and Community Health Sciences. Tayler is based in Fresno, California, and enjoys reading, cooking plant-based meals, and exploring the outdoors.