Sonali Kolhatkar is an award-winning multimedia journalist. She is the founder, host, and executive producer of YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali, a weekly television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV and Pacifica stations. Her most recent book is Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice (City Lights Books, 2023) and her forthcoming book is Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible (Seven Stories, 2025).