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Jay-Marie Hill
Jay-Marie Hill (She/They) is a Black, White, y Boricua GenderQueer, East Bay-bred provocateur, always working to deconstruct, liberate and recreate. In addition to community organizing, teaching theater and music, and doing org development with youth programs and arts organizations around the Bay, Jay-Marie is also a musician (bass, vocals, saxophone) who uses music to spread the liberation word. You can find her latest project on Tidal, Spotify, and iTunes in The Revolution Has Come, an album of Movement Music released Jan 2016 by their band Rev. Sekou & the Holy Ghost. Ultimately, Jay-Marie is committed to the intersection of healing, revolutionary music and Black queer political organizing as they relate to shaping what freedom looks like for the next generation.

Laurene Francois
Laurene Francois, or "Francois" as she is more commonly known is an Oakland resident of five years by way of Flatbush Junction in Brooklyn, NYC. She is Black, queer, on the masculine of center spectrum and a survivor. She is dedicated to Black liberation, affordable and long term housing for people (especially for born and raised people), challenging anti-blackness and anti-immigration fears and basically everyone being free together. Oh and that loving yourself is so important. She is a member of black.seed, a longtime volunteer and alum of (SOUL) school of unity and liberation, and on the board of San Francisco Women Against Rape. She is in love with her community and friends. When not putting community events and house parties, she is learning and creating a role for her self in the fashion industry. You can learn about most current community event on Dapper Clothing X Change.
Alicia Bell
Alicia Bell is a Southern-Born, Black, Queer, Femme. In the South, Femme folks often know how to repair homes, cultivate gardens, work on cars, host parties, and throw shade in order to best survive the world. This grounding in a multiplicity of tactics for self-determination is something Alicia takes into her work for freedom and liberation, which is why you may see her organizing with black.seed or the Housing Rights Committee, educating young folks with Abundant Beginnings, facilitating workshops through Critical Resistance’s Oakland Power Projects, or pursuing various creative and healing endeavors.
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