Impact
K.A. Dilday
K.A. Dilday is a New York-based writer and editor who most frequently covers social justice issues, culture, and politics. She has been on staff at The New York Times, Essence, and Atlantic Media. She has also served as a commentator in the United States and abroad for news outlets including BBC Television and National Public Radio. She has a passionate interest in sharing the stories of people who, as writer and activist Marge Piercy wrote, “strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again.”
Blogs
- Democracy Rising: How Sister District is Closing the Attention Gap on State-Level Civic Engagement
- Veteran and Educator Dr. Treva Gear Wants to “Denormalize” Pollution in her Georgia Town
- In the Mississippi Gulf and Beyond, Katherine Egland Advocates for Environmental Justice
- Challenging the Legal System to Protect Constitutional Rights
- Local Organizing is Moving a Nation to Build an Equitable Democracy
- “Vote Early Day” Takes Innovative Local Approach to Increasing Voter Turnout
- How to Right the Balance in “David vs. Goliath” Legal Battles for Environmental Justice