Jerome Cohen is a law professor at New York University and an expert on China’s legal system. He co-founded the Xinjiang Initiative, an effort to increase the academic community’s awareness of human rights violations in the Xinjiang region of China.

Jan Berris is vice president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, which works to nurture a healthy dialogue between U.S. and Chinese officials. Arrange an interview through Joseph Weed.

Sophie Richardson serves as China director for Human Rights Watch. In 2018, she detailed religious persecution in China during an event with the Council on Foreign Relations.

Katelyn Beaty is a Christian editor and writer covering topics such as work, culture and politics. She is the author of A Woman’s Place: A Christian Vision for Your Calling in the Office, the Home and the World. Arrange an interview through the contact form on her website.

Robert Guerrero is the associate director of City to City’s Hispanic and Caribbean affinity network, working to connect young churches and enable them to grow and multiply. He previously led church plants in Chicago and Santo Domingo. Arrange an interview through City to City’s contact form.

The Rev. Tom Brackett is missioner for new church starts and missional initiatives for the Episcopal Church.

The Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel is an associate professor of systematic theology at New York Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and serves on the denomination’s Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation Team for the northeastern region.

The Rev. Kaji Dousa is senior pastor for Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City. She sued the Trump administration in 2019, arguing that the government violated her religious freedom rights by putting her on a watchlist in response to her immigration-related activism.

Sarah Ngu is the host of the “Religious Socialism” podcast, a project of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Religion and Socialism working group. She’s also co-founder of Church Clarity, which aims to reduce confusion tied to churches’ teachings on women and members of the LGBTQ community.