Ashley Berke, Carter Dillard, Beatrix Homler and Rei Stone-Grover

Ashley Berke is a co-executive director at the Fair Start Movement (FSM). At FSM, she supports efforts to end the oppression of all beings and policies that fuel inequality. Berke is a vegan activist who also serves on the board at OneProtest, founded an advocacy-centered pet rescue, and is active in local organizing. She is a contributor to the Observatory. Carter Dillard is the policy adviser for the Fair Start Movement. He previously served as an Honors Program attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice and with a national security law agency before developing a comprehensive account of reforming family planning for the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal. He is a contributor to the Observatory. Beatrix Homler is an animal and human rights activist based in New York. She is the head of communications at the Fair Start Movement, a consultant at Rejoice Africa Foundation, ​​​​a board member at the Education for African Animal Welfare Foundation, and a contributor to the Observatory. Rei Stone-Grover is a trauma-informed, healing-centered professional, certified sexual assault professional, mental health professional, and author. A key organizer for the Charlotte Women’s Movement, Stone-Grover has created a workbook and workshop, “The Cope Life,” to focus on healing-centered engagement and self-regulation skills. She is a contributor to the Observatory.