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Ijeoma Oluo

Ijeoma Oluo (ee-joh-mah oh-loo-oh) is a Seattle-based writer, speaker and Internet- yeller. Her work on social issues such as race and gender has been published in The Guardian, Esquire, Washington Post, New York Times, NBC News and more. Her #1 NYT bestselling first book, So You Want To Talk About Race, was released in January 2018, and her most recent book, Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - and How You Can Too, was out in January 2024. Ijeoma was named one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, and is a recipient of the Feminist Humanist Award 2018 by the American Humanist Association, the Harvard Humanist of the year 2020, the Media Justice Award by the Gender Justice League, and the 2018 Aubrey Davis Visionary Leadership Award by the Equal Opportunity Institute.