Beyond Fragility: A Skills-Based Guide to Effective Anti-Racist Allyship

Yara Mekawi, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, cofounder of the DEAR Project, and assistant professor at the University of Louisville. She earned her bachelor's in applied psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago and her PhD in clinical-community psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Natalie Watson-Singleton, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, cofounder of the DEAR Project, and associate professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her PhD in clinical-community psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Danyelle Dawson, MA, is a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and cofounder of the DEAR Project. She received her bachelor's in psychology and social and economic justice from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her master's in psychology from North Carolina Central University.

Deanna Anthony, an original southern belle and former beauty queen, is an audiobook narrator, actress, singer, dancer, and voice-over artist who lives in Los Angeles, California. Touring by land and sea, both nationally and internationally, she has performed at more than over fifty regional theaters and concert halls.