Who We Are
Danielle M. Jones (she/her)
Community Collaborative Member
Danielle’s background is in experiential and culturally-responsive nature education, mindful practices and equity work. Unknowingly, she has been building up to this project since childhood and proudly draws on the legacy of earth-connection from her ancestors. She identifies as a “weaver” of the project, recognizing that none of the pieces she is bringing together are new but that these beautiful and intersectional ways of being and knowing will allow us to better embrace ourselves and our community.
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Sevaad Walker (they/them)
Community Collaborative Member
Sevaad Walker is an herbalist apprentice, gardener, familial archivist and budding farmer. They come to this work recognizing the necessity of prison abolition for Black liberation and the importance of building life affirming institutions to support the fight for Black food sovereignty.
Essence London (she/her)
Community Collaborative Member
Essence London (she/her) is a rememory devotee. She studies home movies and mythmaking as healing tools. She holds an MFA in Fiction and serves as Editor of a docuseries in development titled Conjure: the docuseries.
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Sarah Alayne Martin (they/she)
Community Collaborative Member
Sarah Alayne Martin is a Black, gender-fluid poet, yogi, organizer, storyteller, and teaching artist from Little Rock, Arkansas. A certified 200-hour yoga teacher and SKY Wellness Coach, Sarah integrates poetry with yoga to create a unique healing practice that supports trauma recovery. Currently engaged with the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Forces military healing initiative, Sarah is also a 2022 Anaphora Arts Poetry Fellow and a recipient of the Young Black Climate Leaders Youth Futures Fund grant. Recently, Sarah joined the Pacific University MFA in Writing program as a poetry candidate. Inspired by nature and lived experiences, their work offers spiritual ascension and opens portals to other worlds of being. Connect with Sarah and support their art on Instagram and Patreon @poeticportals
Clarice Abdul-Bey (she/her)
Community Collaborative Member
Clarice Abdul Bey (she/her) is a convener of people, stories and healing practices. She is a lifelong youth mentor, licensed massage therapist, creative, and trauma sensitive Reiki practitioner. Among many threads of impact, she is a co-creator of the Arkansas Peace & Justice (APJMM) Memorial Movement, an initiative of her nonprofit Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts & Literacy Collective. APJMM is an educational memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the state of Arkansas. Clarice is currently enrolled in the field of Sociology at Arkansas State University. Link to APJMM YouTube page.
Dawn Jeffrey (she/her)
Community Collaborative Member
Dawn Jeffrey is a local activist and organizer. She was born in California and raised in Arkansas. Dawn is the founder of Nayborhood Activists and Little Rock Freedom Fund. Her work focuses on black liberation, racial/social justice and working with those directly impacted by the injustice system. Dawn has worked in the Little Rock community for years helping the unhoused, facilitating park & community cleanups, backpack drives, educational events, Know Your Rights trainings, protests, and direct actions.
Osyrus Bolly (he/him)
Community Collaborative Member
Osyrus Bolly is an artist/activist who combines his passion for the arts and social justice to create his own platform framed as Liberation Arts. Through his work he amplifies Black experiences, educates others on Black history and is a voice for his community. As a storyteller he helps to preserve historical narratives and oral traditions of our people, this is occasionally done to music. Check out his singles "Happy Black Girl", "What's at Stake" and "Destiny's Calling."
