Manoj Mate is an associate professor of law at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, Calif. He is director of the Center for International and Comparative Law and also serves as a professor of political science at Whittier College.

Craig R. Smith is a professor of communication studies and director emeritus of the Center for First Amendment Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of The Four Freedoms of the First Amendment, and he is an expert on free speech and hate speech.

Anastasia Norton is manager at the strategic consulting firm Monitor 360 and former senior analyst in the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center.

Karima Bennoune is a professor of international law at the University of California, Davis, and the author of Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here.

Professor Pashaura Singh is the Jasbir Singh Saini Endowed Chair of Sikh and Punjabi Studies at the University of California Riverside. He is a Sikhism expert.

Kristy Slominski is a doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an expert on gender and sexuality in American religious 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.

Fair Trade Judaica is a California-based organization that aims to promote fair trade, educate the Jewish community, and support and grow the production, distribution, and sale of fair trade Judaica products.

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.