SARAH LEWIS is the founder of Vision & Justice and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She is the author of The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America (Harvard University Press), the bestseller, The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery (Simon & Schuster), and the forthcoming book Vision & Justice (One World/Random House).

Winner of the 2018 James Beard “Best Chef: South” and semi-finalist for 2023 James Beard “Outstanding Chef,” Nina Compton is Chef/Owner of award-winning restaurant Compère Lapin in New Orleans’ Warehouse District and BABs (formerly Bywater American Bistro) in New Orleans’ “Sliver by the River” Bywater neighborhood. In March 2023, Compton opened Nina’s Creole Cottage – a fast-casual restaurant in Caesar’s New Orleans new celebrity chef food hall.