Kalela Williams is a writer, arts administrator, and historian living in Philadelphia. For more than seven years, she has directed artistic, cultural and civic-engagement programming at the Free Library of Philadelphia, afters serving as Assistant Director of James Madison University's Furious Flower Poetry Center, a center devoted to the study of black poetry. Her writing, which has been most recently been featured on a BBC 4 program as well as in Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature for Women, centers on stories rooted in African American history. Kalela leads African American history tours in Philadelphia, and she is a longtime member and current chair of  the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Young Friends Board. She is the founder of Black History Maven, a social media site and local events host. 

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Adam DePaul is a Tribal Council Member of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, where he also holds the positions of Storykeeper and Coordinator of the Rising Nation River Journey. He co-curates the Lenape Cultural Center in Easton PA and the exhibit Existing Artistry, Enduring Presence: The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania at Temple University. DePaul is a PhD candidate and instructor at Temple with a primary research area in Cultural and Mythological Studies, and the co-founder and president of NAISAT (Native American and Indigenous Studies at Temple).

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