Stephan is a musician and activist whose songs have helped build movements for peace, human rights, and global justice across the world – from the anti-war to anti-police brutality movements, the Seattle demonstrations to the Arab Spring, Occupy, and more. Called “this generation’s Woody Guthrie” by Billboard Magazine and compared to a Bruce Springsteen or Bob Marley for the global age, he has released several albums on both major and independent labels. Stephan has been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, The New Yorker, NPR, PRI, BBC, Democracy Now!, Al Arabiya, ORF, and Deutsche Welle.

Anushay is an international development and research professional. She has worked across multiple regions from East Asia to South America with global development institutions including the World Bank, UN-Habitat, grassroots NGOs as well as on independent research. Her work focuses on cities; on issues of urban poverty, governance, accountability, and community and participatory development, among others. She is currently completing her PhD in Urban Policy at The New School in New York. Anushay was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan.

Rory is an award-winning author, journalist and filmmaker, whose programming has aired on leading networks in more than one hundred countries – from ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS and FOX in the U.S. to the BBC, RAI, NHK, National Geographic and many others internationally. He the author of three books and his articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Vogue, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Newsweek, and numerous other publications. O’Connor has numerous awards including a George Polk Award, a Writer’s Guild Award, a George Orwell Award and two Emmys, among other honors.