Activist
Badass Cross Stitch
Badass Cross Stitch is Shannon Downey, a queer art activist who lives full-time in her RV “traveling the United States (and hopefully the rest of the world when the borders open back up) in an attempt to know everyone and trick people into hanging out with me by teaching them how to embroider.” All this…
Black Girl in Maine
Black Girl in Maine is Shay Stewart-Bouley, the creator of BGIM Media, a digital space for in depth discussions on racism and white supremacy, a podcast series and public talks, centered around the belief that we need to look at who creates the narratives that we read and believe. Says Stewart-Bouley, “In most places, the narratives are fed to…
Aji’s
Aji’s mission is to empower the elderly to live healthy and happy lives by providing a platform to showcase their skills and knowledge. Their patrons support their efforts documenting the stories and experiences of the elderly community in Nepal through their podcast and blog and organizing events like Aji’s Health Forum to share information relevant…
水仙 SHUIXIAN
水仙 SHUIXIAN is a self-described “traumatized, chronically suicidal, Mad, & Disabled, light-skinned non-Black trans 上海人 shanghainese-usameriKKKan human being.” Others describe them this way: “you’re a frankly brilliant socio-political analyst & writer, whose ability to apply radical frameworks of analysis in granular ways to your immediate conditions should honestly terrify liberal pretenders, & inspire radical newbies. you…
Carsie Blanton
Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and John Prine, her songs swing blithely from sultry jazz ballads to pop-punk protest anthems, all with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in celebration of everything worth fighting for. “Carsie Blanton is one of…
Austin Channing Brown
Austin Channing Brown is a media producer, author, and speaker providing inspired leadership on racial justice in America. She’s the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness and CEO of Herself Media. Her workshops are incisive, fun, disarming, and transformative. By using…
Jesú Estrada, Ph.D.
Jesú Estrada, Ph.D. is a Chicana and first-generation American. Jesú owns a small independent, charity press, Barrio Blues Press that promotes the work of underrepresented authors. Founded in 2020, in Chicago, the mission of Barrio Blues Press is to elevate the voices of emerging writers and to help build a cooperative society. Visionaries for a better world are given…
Wagatwe Wanjuki
Wagatwe Wanjuki is an award-winning antirape activist & theorist on Title IX, abuse and trauma. Since launching a campaign for a better sexual assault policy at Tufts University in 2009, she’s continued to work for a world free of gender-based violence. Wanjuki strives to bring sexual assault prevention to the 21st century through online public…
Rob Sheridan
Rob Sheridan is an art director, writer, designer, illustrator, photographer, director, and editor, among other things. After a 15 year journey as the creative director for Nine Inch Nails and designing visuals, videos, and stage production for the band How to Destroy Angels, he’s out on his own as an independent writer and artist. He’s…