Avery (he/him) works with under-appreciated communities to develop equitable products and spaces for their collective benefit, joy, and power. As Director of Community Products, Avery focuses on the development and delivery of The Guild’s offerings to build community wealth and self-determination, namely the Community Stewardship Trust.

David, a man after the heart of God. THE SHIT and all the shit. The good stuff and the stinky stuff. All of this makes me who I am. All parts of me, every experience, joy, hurt, decision, pain, have been instrumental and used to evolve a human that is kind, radically generous, transparent, and full of light and love. I offer that to you. I offer that to the world as I have embraced the fullness of being ME. Therefore, BE YOU.

I saw the parts of me that are good and also all of the parts of me that were grotesque and ugly. I think it is easy for people to see the good stuff already…I want people to see the monsters I saw in the mirrors and the deformities and scared children and see how far I have come. To say “Oh!…this is how far he has come, and to fully understand that ALL of my versions are doing the best that they can – they are trying their best.

Diana Marie Lee (she/they) is an Alchemist and Warrior, paving a path for them and others to embrace their sadness, dignity and carefree spirit as they liberate themselves and others from all layers of oppression from their lived and work experiences…all towards reawakening joy, faith and well-being.

I am limitless. I am powerful and afraid. I take up all the space at the same time I make space for all my siblings to shine. I trust my wisdom at every turn, doubting myself every step of the way. I am a mother, a wife, a sister, and CEO. I am a fabulous and flawed. It means a lot to me to be your friend. I am Black and queer, with the courage and imagination to turn it all upside down and back again.

I want people to see my multitudes, thank them and dance with me as I celebrate the wisdom and intuition my multitudes have provided me with. I want to learn to bask in the light of the moon and explore my darker sides, allowing light to shine on them.

I want the world to know the valor, value, beauty, and divinity of blackness. I believe I was put on this earth to proclaim this truth. Through my journey of freedom and liberation through laughter, light, and dance. I believe my liberation will give others permission to experience that for themselves. The version of Olayinka born in Brooklyn Ny who becomes one with the soul waiting for her in Nigeria is the version of me: and is the rebirth of my existence from the Motherland. I have to go home and then bring home with me wherever I go.

I am an amalgam of soul and body, with a mind and heart to link the two. I look with the eyes of my ancestors and see what is not always noticed. I am an interpreter of energy. I recognize the synergy of the collective as necessary in this world. We need each other. I want people to experience my playfulness and creativity, as well as my darkness.

I center Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (QTBIPOC). These are the people I come from. These are the identities I embody. These are the folks with whom I practice fugitivity*.

I don’t believe in the binary in any of its forms. Gender, right and wrong, good and evil are all binaries. I use they/them/elle/ellx pronouns. I am expansive. I am multiplicity.

I want to work with artists. I want to guide us to our individual self-actualization. Reclaiming Indigenous and diasporic ways of being. How can our communities be well if we are not well. How can an artist create from a place of their true self if they don’t know who they are. Let’s undo what we have been taught and test that knowledge to see what sticks.