Just Kin Arts Festival
co-curator / August 2023

•  Co-organized (with varun khattar sharma) a two-day festival in conjunction with (Un)Documents by Jesús I. Valles at Hart Beat Theater in Hartford, CT
• Press: Hartford Courant:  ‘(Un)Documents’ explores immigration issues as part of Just Kin Arts Festival in Hartford

The People’s Saturday School co-founder, organizer, facilitator / April-2020- Present          
Co-founded collective and co-facilitated six-week social justice course around abolition, mutual aid, disability justice, and transformative justice.
Connecticut UndocuFundorganizer / 2020-2022

• Collective mutual aid fund that has distributed over $200k to undocumented families and individuals across the state.
  
• Co-curated and organized UndocuPoetry Week with Jan-Henry Gray, which featured four days of conversations on Instagram Live and raised $1.5k for the CT UndocuFund and Black Visions Collective (Minnesota)
  
• Read and DJd as part of the Surviving COVID Without Papers Virtual Town Hall.
  
• Co-authored and edited report about the Fund’s process and takeaways. 

Connecticut Students for a DreamBoard Member Emeritus (2022 - present)
Board Member (Founding Board Chair), 2016 - 2022) Coordinating Committee Member, 2012 - 2016          
Leadership positions within statewide organization advocating for the rights of undocumented youth and families.