The Honorable Nina Turner is an impassioned public intellectual, motivational speaker, national news commentator, and self-proclaimed “hell-raising humanitarian.” She is founder and President of We Are Somebody, a coalition-building organization for the working class, and a Senior Fellow at The New School’s Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy. Turner served as national surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2016 campaign and as national co-chair in 2020. A former Cleveland City Council member and Ohio State Senator, she continues to champion a human rights economy and tirelessly advocates for policies that uplift working people.