thenmozhi soundararajan
Thenmozhi Soundararajan is a Dalit transmedia artist and activist who believes story is the most important unit of social change. As the executive director of Equality Labs, an art, story, and digital security collective she works to end caste apartheid and support the liberation of her peoples. Equality Labs cutting edge work includes the participatory history project Dalit History Month and our award winning women, gender non conforming, trans digital security training initiative. Her work has been recognized by The Producer's Guild of America diversity program, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the MIT Center for New Media Studies and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Learn more at www.equalitylabs.org or at @equalitylabs
adrienne maree brown
adrienne maree brown is a writer, facilitator, healer/doula, pleasure activist and sci-fi scholar living in Detroit. She is currently on tour sharing and building with folks across the country about her new book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. She is also co-editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements. Find her at @adriennemaree and at http://adriennemareebrown.net/