About the Moderator

Michele Norris is one of the most trusted voices in journalism.  She is a senior contributing editor for MSNBC, a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Directors and an award-winning storyteller across several platforms. Norris is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity. She is the host of the podcast, Your Mama’s Kitchen, produced by Higher Ground Studios.  She has worked as a columnist for The Washington Post Opinion Section and her voice will be familiar to followers of public radio, where from 2002 to 2012 she was a host of NPR’s afternoon magazine show, All Things Considered.