Arti Walker-Peddakotla is an Oak Park Village Trustee, first generation Indian American, U.S. Army veteran, community organizer, scientist, and technologist. Arti advocates for racial justice and reimagining community safety in Oak Park, IL with Freedom to Thrive Oak Park, immigrant and refugee rights with Veterans for American Ideals, a project of Human Rights First, and is a Defense Council member of Truman National Security Project.