Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Kimberly Atkins Stohr is a senior opinion writer and columnist at The Boston Globe, and lead columnist for the Emancipator, a joint venture by Globe Opinion and the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research that reimagines 19th-century abolitionist newspapers to reframe the current national conversation on racial justice. She is also an MSNBC contributor, a guest host for the NPR/WBUR-produced news program On Point, and co-host of the weekly Politico legal news podcast #SistersInLaw. Previously, Stohr was the first Washington, DC-based news correspondent for WBUR. She has also served as the Boston Herald’s Washington bureau chief, guest host of C-SPAN’s morning call-in show Washington Journal,  and a Supreme Court reporter for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and its sister publications. She has appeared as a political commentator on a host of national and international television and radio networks, including CNN, Fox News, NBC News, PBS, NPR, Sky News (UK), and CBC News (Canada). Before launching her journalism career, she was a trial and appellate litigation attorney in Boston. Kimberly is a native of Michigan, and a graduate of Wayne State University, Boston University School of Law and Boston University College of Communication, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Stohr has moderated several conversions for The Common Good, including The Future of Roe v Wade with Wendy Davis and Rising Leaders Series: Meet Letitia James. She is currently a member of The Common Good Honorary Advisory Board.

Twitter: @KimberlyEAtkins

Instagram: @KimberlyEAtkins

LinkedIn: @KimberlyAtkinsStohr

Selected Media:

• WBUR The Future Of COVID: Confronting The Twists And Turns Of Scientific Uncertainty

• WBUR A History Of Black Rebellion In America

• WBUR The Supreme Court, Abortion And The Anti-Abortion Movement's Long Game

• WBUR Scenes From The Cuba Protests | On Point

• WBUR Who Are The Taliban Today? | On Point

• Boston Globe America, your democracy is in peril

• Boston Globe If the Supreme Court doesn't want to be seen as partisan, it should show us the money

• Boston Globe How Black women are advancing the cause of reproductive justice

Gillian Sorensen

Gillian Sorensen has had a distinguished career with the United Nations serving as Assistant Secretary-General; Special Adviser for  Public Policy, and National Advocate for the United Nations Foundation. She worked closely with three Secretaries-General, with diplomats from 193 nations and with 4000 non-governmental organizations accredited to the UN. She began her career as the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations and Consular Corps, head of the city’s liaison office with 30,000 diplomats. She is an experienced public speaker and has addressed audiences here and abroad ranging from diplomats and politicians, to journalists and students, women’s groups and faith groups, civic leaders and cadets at both West Point and the Air Force Academy. Gillian has twice been a Fellow at Harvard. She serves on the Board of the International Rescue Committee and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is active in political life and was a delegate to three national Presidential Conventions. She continues to inspire support for the UN on matters of peace, justice, human rights, and humanitarian and refugee relief. A New York Times profile referred to her as “The Diplomat’s Diplomat.” Sorensen has moderated several events for The Common Good, including Smithsonian American Women's History Museum with Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Smithsonian’s Lisa Sasaki. She is currently a member of The Common Good Honorary Advisory Board.

LinkedIn: @GillianSorensen

Selected Media:

• What is a Global Citizen?, 2005, Sorensen is interviewed by Nancy Roof

• The United Nations – Imperfect but Indispensable - Gillian Sorensen, 2020, United Nations Association of the USA, San Francisco Chapter

• Words of Wisdom from Gillian Sorensen, 2010, Sorensen during her keynote speech at JCI Global Partnership Summit

• A woman should lead the U.N., 2015, Washington Post op-ed by Sorensen and Jean Krasno.

• Divorce is Not An Option, 2008, Speech by Sorensen at Lehigh University, comparing the relationship between the U.S. and the U.N. to a marriage again

• Secretary-General Kofi Annan, 2019, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations