Asia writes Afrofutures into existence by reweaving Black bodies into the fabric of the earth. Asia institutionalizes the pattern language of our planet as both a herbalist and a permaculture educator with the Regenerative Education Collective of Denver. She also is a developer of vibrant organizations that perpetuate cultures of reciprocity as an organizational ecologist with Regenerate Change. Asia heals historical relationships of injustice as a reparationist with the Denver Black Reparations Council and as a board member of the Center for Community Wealth Building.

Omar Freilla is the Co-founder and Coordinator of Collective Diaspora, a global community of Black cooperatives and Black-led cooperative support organizations from across the African diaspora. He is also a cooperative development consultant, adjunct lecturer at the City University of New York, and 2022 Echoing Green Fellow. His work is grounded in his experience as a Black Dominican from the South Bronx growing up amid fights for community self-determination, his later work in Black feminist and environmental justice movements, and raising a family with his two children and wife in the Bronx.

Brittany’s work explores how education can be used to activate the full potential of communities. She currently serves as the CEO of the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity where she leads an organization focused on building the capacity of educators to serve as change agents working to advance equity for students. Her past work includes serving as Chief Development Officer at Lumin Education, an early childhood education nonprofit in Dallas, TX, and as the Executive Director of the Brewer Foundation Future Leaders Program.

Dr. Quenna Lené Barrett is a theater artist and practitioner whose work gathers folks of diverse backgrounds, centers marginalized identities, learns from Black radical wisdom, and then dreams collectively to act boldly through those learnings. She is the Associate Director of Education and Engagement at the Goodman Theatre, a company member with ICAH’s For Youth Inquiry company, an Associate Artist with Pivot Arts, an adjunct professor at DePaul University and Columbia College Chicago, and a member of the leadership circle of the Center for Performance and Civic Practice.

Delanya Storey is a young visionary with a long-standing commitment to social impact and community development. Through her work as an analyst at Dalberg, Delanya has documented the impact of public health and education-focused initiatives in the United States. During her undergraduate studies, she served as the Co-Director of the Harvard chapter of the Youth Alliance for Leadership & Development in Africa. Her work is grounded in a love of learning and a deep interest in philosophy.