Edith Campbell is an emerita faculty member at Indiana State University and a founder of the We Are Kid Lit Collective, which curates an annual summer reading list recognizing the humanity of Black, Indigenous, and people of color in youth literature across intersections of identity. Her work promoting literacy and social justice has been featured by NPR, The Guardian, the New York Times, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Edith currently blogs at Pearl’s & Ruby’s online. (Photo credit: Charles Huca Bera Laster)

Brandy Colbert (Chair) is an author of books for children and teens, including Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, The Only Black Girls in Town, and Little & Lion. Her work has received the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Stonewall Book Award, and was a finalist for the Young Adult Library Services Association Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. She lives in Los Angeles. (Photo credit: Photos by Jamaal)

Tricia Ebarvia is a lifelong educator, activist, and speaker. After teaching high school for twenty years, she is currently an administrator at an independent school in Philadelphia. A co-founder of the Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy, Tricia works with educators across the country on curriculum and instruction. The daughter of Filipino immigrants, Tricia is the author of Get Free: Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than 50 titles for young readers. Over his 25-year career in publishing, he has given young readers the Lunch Lady graphic novels; the graphic memoir, Hey, Kiddo—a National Book Award Finalist; and several picture books. Krosoczka has also collaborated across media with Crayola, Lucasfilm, Marvel, and Apple TV. (Photo credit: StudioJJK LLC)

Anne Ursu is the author of acclaimed novels Not Quite a Ghost, The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, The Lost Girl, Breadcrumbs, and The Real Boy, among others. Her work has been selected as a National Book Award Longlister, a Kirkus Prize finalist, and as a best book of the year by Parents magazine, NPR, Bookshop.org, and Publishers Weekly. She lives in Minneapolis. (Photo credit: John J. Ursu)