Punished for Dreaming

Dr. Bettina L. Love is the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the acclaimed author of We Want to Do More Than Survive and Punished for Dreaming, a New York Times bestseller. This groundbreaking work led to her being awarded the prestigious Stowe Prize for Literary Activism and being named a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. In 2022, the Kennedy Center named her one of the world’s Next 50 Leaders. She is a co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network and a sought-after public speaker on topics such as abolitionist teaching, educational reparations, and anti-racism. Her writings have appeared in various news outlets, including The Daily Beast, Time, Education Week, The Guardian, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Additionally, she was instrumental in founding the Task Force behind the groundbreaking "In Her Hands" program, which is disbursing more than $13 million to support Black women in Georgia. She was granted a resolution by Georgia's House of Representatives for her impact on education in 2018.

Dr. Bettina L. Love is the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the acclaimed author of We Want to Do More Than Survive and Punished for Dreaming, a New York Times bestseller. This groundbreaking work led to her being awarded the prestigious Stowe Prize for Literary Activism and being named a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. In 2022, the Kennedy Center named her one of the world’s Next 50 Leaders. She is a co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network and a sought-after public speaker on topics such as abolitionist teaching, educational reparations, and anti-racism. Her writings have appeared in various news outlets, including The Daily Beast, Time, Education Week, The Guardian, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Additionally, she was instrumental in founding the Task Force behind the groundbreaking "In Her Hands" program, which is disbursing more than $13 million to support Black women in Georgia. She was granted a resolution by Georgia's House of Representatives for her impact on education in 2018.

Karen Chilton is a multi-talented author, actor, and audiobook narrator, as well as a freelance writer, script writer, and librettist. She wrote the biography Hazel Scott about the trailblazing jazz pianist and coauthored I Wish You Love with legendary jazz vocalist Gloria Lynne. Her acting credits include It's Kind of a Funny Story and Half Nelson. She won a New Professional Theatre Writers award for her play Convergence and an Audiofile Golden Earphones Award for her narration of Karolyn Smardz Frost's I've Got a Home in Glory Land. She has also narrated Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Jennifer Berry Hawes' Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness.