Eugene Puryear is an American journalist, author, and activist, politician. He has worked for for over two decades around issues of mass incarceration, opposition to war and militarism and around issues of community violence in working class communities across the United States. Puryear is originally from Charlottesville Virginia, lived for many years in Washington D.C. and is currently based in New York City.

Kristine Krouth is a lifelong educator, having served a variety of educational initiatives for 21 years. She began as an educator in a school district with 25,000 students, initially teaching students with special needs, and then instructing students and teachers using emerging technologies. Kristine has been passionate about liaising educators and promoting people-to-people exchanges and has extensive experience in administration and logistics of educational programs and events. Her experience has featured, in recent years, increasing focus and interest in international education.

Dr. Phil Baruch Gottlieb teaches in the department of Cultural Work (Kulturarbeit) in the faculty of Urbanism, Architecture and Culture at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences (FH Potsdam) where he is director of RITA, the Research Institute for Technical Aesthetics.