Keith Ellison is the attorney general of Minnesota and the first African American and first Muslim to be elected to statewide office in Minnesota. In March 2021, Ellison co-authored a USA Today column titled “Stand together to fight anti-Asian hate. We all have a stake in a more inclusive America.”

Jung Choi is co-director of the Asian House of Studies at Duke Divinity School. She participated in a Duke Divinity School panel on anti-Asian racism.

Cynthia Choi is the co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action and a leader of Stop AAPI Hate. For media inquiries, email [email protected].

Laura Mariko Cheifetz is the assistant dean of admissions, vocation and stewardship at Vanderbilt Divinity School and a contributing editor to Inheritance, a magazine that focuses on stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander Christian faith. She also is an ordained Presbyterian minister.

David C. Chao is director of the Asian American Program at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Raymond Chang is president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative. Chang, a pastor and a writer, also serves as a campus minister at Wheaton College in Illinois.

Gail Song Bantum is the lead pastor at Quest Church in Seattle. In April 2021, she spoke on a Vanderbilt Divinity School panel about Asian American experiences.

Dave Worland is the executive director of the Tennessee Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The office helped launch a help line to serve lonely adults in the state. Contact Eli L. Berry with media inquiries.

Sondra Norder is president and CEO of St. Paul Elder Services in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and the vice chair of public policy for LeadingAge Wisconsin.