Shea Howell is an activist, organizer, writer and professor of Communication at Oakland University. She is the author of Reflections of Ourselves on women, politics and media and co-author of The Subjective Side of Politics and Patterns of Power. She has worked with a number of organizations including the National Organization for an American Revolution and, SOSAD (Save our Sons and Daughters), WEPROS (We the People Reclaim Our Streets) and the Triangle Foundation, and is a co-founder of Detroit Summer and the BCNCL (James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership). Shea is a contributing writer for Between the Lines, and continues to work with youth and artists for community-based development.