An ongoing archive of organizing and political education efforts I’ve created & participated in.
bell hooks said that “there is a price that comes with decentering, decolonizing. And part of what has to happen for us to be free is that we have to create our own standards of how to live."
This page serves as a living testament to the standards I hold, to what I recognize as powerful and excellent, and to the community we are building, together.
I often hesitate to put my name on things or take credit for my work — a remnant of the chaste puritanical work ethic I grew up idolizing. I have a broad skill set that I use to make things better wherever I go, from creating graphics and videos to creating experiences for an audience, from coordinating programs and people to sweeping the floors after the event. This is a sample of the breadth of that work, and of the loved ones I collaborate with.
The NorthStar and Soulforce teams unite for Culto Cuir: Church of the Queerly Beloved
A raffle of an art piece at an event called “Sweet Justice,” commemorating the Royal Ice Cream Sit Ins and archiving Durham’s past and present
Reflections from a May 2024 exhibit of work by 19 year old Palestinian artist Hassan Elzaneen, coordinated with Hassan and students from Duke University
On my second pandemic birthday January 2022, Omicron was raging. Alongside some Internet Friends (the best kind) we came up with an idea to crowdfund for high quality, certified masks. We raised over $6000 in a week, enough to purchase 5000 masks, hand sanitizers, paper bags, instructions for reuse, pulse oximeters, and digital thermometers. Thanks to Kalia and Chelsea from Race Capitol for scheming with me, and to River City Harm Redux and MAD RVA for coordinating distribution. Click to listen to a podcast episode that details these efforts.
A post-January 6th panel on how we combat the right
A panel on Gamestop and alt-right radicalization
“Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what it is, and move to transform it.”
The Race Space Place Initiative’s 2020 unConference called “Negative Space” featuring Amber J. Phillips, Kalia Harris, Patrilie Hernandez
Four people (Julia, Cory, Nick, Lauren) holding handmade pamphlets with resources for immigrants, at a pro-immigration protest in Farmville VA
Lauren dropping off food and supplies at the first Richmond Community Fridge
Posing with the posters we made for SWS annual winter drive
Organizing 101 with VCU students
An event flyer for FACES OF FEMINISM: Celebrating Diversity Within the Movement with SWS and the National Organization for Women
The AKD Distinguished Lecture Series with Jonathan Coley
The SWS and AKD Perspectives on Activism lecture series with CODEPINK
Four people (Lauren, Sasha, Tabi and Tressie) at a fundraiser for local socialist city council candidate
VCU YDSA Mayday celebration, educating students on labor and solidarity
In June 2024, NorthStar hosted an exhibit on LGBTQ+ Christian stories by local photographer Molly K. Byrom. Participants were prompted with two questions and left beautiful responses.