Nay Phone Latt is a Myanmar blogger and activist based in Yangon. He co-founded the local anti-hate speech campaign Panzagar.

Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator based in Oxford, U.K. He founded the project Free Speech Debate in 2011 to explore freedom of expression issues, including hate speech, from a global perspective.

Aidan White is director of the Ethical Journalism Network, a London-based global campaign promoting good governance and ethical conduct in media. EJN’s member organizations, which include Religion Newswriters Foundation, can speak about hate speech in their respective countries of focus.

Brian Pellot is director of global strategy at Religion News Service and Religion Newswriters Foundation. He writes about international hate speech, free speech, religious freedom and media freedom issues in his RNS column On Faith and is based in London and Cape Town.

Rachel Kranson is an assistant professor and author at the University of Pittsburgh who specializes in modern Jewish history, Judaism in America, religion in America, and gender studies. She teaches Religion in Modern America, Modern Jewry, Jews and the City, and Gender and Jewish History.

JLens is a San Francisco-based organization that aims to spur “impact investing,” or investment whose goal is to “positively impact the world and minimize harm,” according to JLens’ website.

Jewrotica is a website and online community that offers stories, poetry, columns, advice, essays, and more. It invites people of all religious backgrounds and sexual orientations to read and take part in conversations.

Jalda Rebling is a founder of the Ohel Hachidusch in Berlin, Germany. Rebling is a teacher and counselor and gives workshops for Jewish congregations internationally.

Rabbi Yoel Kahn serves as the rabbi for Congregation Beth El in Berkeley, California. He is an author and has spoken at conferences and in other venues about Reform decision making, spirituality, and issues of sexuality, feminism, and theology.