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Who Yo People Is

Apr 29, 2019

In this episode, D’Lo and I are joined by Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones (my wife). The three of us talk about shining light on queer narratives and the work of growing into our rolls as elders too soon. We revisit some of my back in the day craycray that D’Lo witnessed me grow through, and we speak on the power of...


Apr 22, 2019

Originally from San Antonio, Tejas, Adelina is the eldest daughter of eight. She grounds her work in Indigenous tenets, especially the practice of story as medicine.  Adelina is an award-winning and critically acclaimed artist working primarily in the areas of acting, writing, producing and directing...


Apr 15, 2019

Samia Abou-Samra creates music as Wailing - the cry, the longing prayer to inspire the deepest love. Samia os founder of Whale Wonder: a playspace that incubates incubators for the elevation of consciousness. Samia and is co-founder of Turtle Tank: an incubator for Radical Love and Freedom that supports radical...


Apr 8, 2019

GABRIELLE CIVIL is a black feminist performance artist, originally from Detroit, MI. She has premiered fifty original performance art works around the world tackling race, body, politics, grief, and desire. She is the author of the performance memoirs Swallow the Fish and Experiments in Joy. She teaches Creative Writing...


Apr 1, 2019

Maria Bauman-Morales is a NY-based “Bessie” award winning multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer. With her company, MBDance, Maria presents work that centers the non-linear and linear stories and bodies of queer people of color. She is a 2018 Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center Fellow and is currently...