Colin Greer and Reynard Loki

Colin Greer has served as president of the New World Foundation since 1985. A former Brooklyn College professor, he directed studies on U.S. immigration and urban schooling at Columbia University and CUNY. He has advised national leaders, including First Lady Hillary Clinton and Senator Paul D. Wellstone. His books include A Call to Character and Choosing Equality, winner of the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Award. A poet and playwright, his work has appeared in Transfer, Hanging Loose, Tikkun, and Kosmos. His plays, including Imagining Heschel and Spinoza’s Solitude, are collected in Religious Differences Between Artichokes, with a preface by Cornel West. His long poem, “Treaty Between Self and Earth,” was performed at Rattlestick Theater in 2022. Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory. He is a writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent for Earth | Food | Life at the Independent Media Institute. His work has appeared in Salon, Truthout, EcoWatch, BillMoyers.com, and Yes! Magazine. A former environmental editor at AlterNet, he writes on the intersections of justice, ecology, and human rights. He serves on the board of the Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association, where he supports education programming for children and families. He regularly speaks with high school students about environmental awareness and community advocacy.