RO MOËDAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Ro Moëd is a relationship coach and writer based in London, who works with clients internationally. She created the popular Instagram account @unapolygetically in March 2020 to raise awareness of the problematic aspects of monogamy culture, and to encourage others to prioritize their growth and wellbeing in order…
JOEMY ITO-GATESAuthor https://littlekotoscloset.wixsite.com/littlekotoswords Photo Download | Bio Download Joemy Ito-Gates (she/her) is the great granddaughter of a tea master, the granddaughter of a calligrapher, and the daughter of a koto and shamisen player. She volunteers with the grassroots activist organization Japanese American Families for Justice, teaches Dharma School at her local Buddhist temple, and is…
GREG ANDERSON ELYSÉEAuthor https://webwaycomics.ecwid.com Photo Download | Bio Download Greg Anderson Elysée is a Brooklyn-born Haitian-American writer, educator, filmmaker, personal trainer, and model. He has taught various forms of filmmaking, including narrative and documentary, from elementary level to the elderly, since 2012. A former journalist for theOuthousers.com, he also ran his own column, “(Heard It…
SHARICE BRYANTAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Sharice Bryant is an independent filmmaker and videographer hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She discovered her love for writing at a young age during creative writing classes, when her stories typically exceeded the required page length. This early fascination with media, combined with her love of writing, prompted…
KENDIS GIBSONAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Kendis Gibson is a multiple national Emmy award-winning journalist. Over his decades-long career, he has covered some of the biggest stories impacting our world. He was one of the first journalists at ground zero following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, escaping only minutes before the first tower fell.…
CINDY RUNGER Author Photo Download | Bio Download Cindy Runger is the author of The Imperial Order of Mystics and a Pacific Northwest Writers Association Award winner. Although Cindy spent decades as a lawyer and business executive, she has been writing ever since she was first able to grip a crayon. When not strategizing about…
KATEY TAYLORAuthor www.kateytaylor.com Photo Download | Bio Download Katey Taylor is a writer and a poet whose poems have appeared in Dark Lit magazine, Brave Voices magazine, and Fauxmoir. She has been interviewed by the Just Us Girls Blog and has served as a SWAAY magazine contributor, where her personal essay “When First Loves Becomes First Abuse” was selected…
DONNA ORIOWO, LICSW, CSTAuthor www.donnaoriowo.com Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. Donna Oriowo (oreo-whoa!) LICSW, CST is an award-winning DEI advocate, international speaker and certified sex and relationship therapist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She is the owner of a private practice, AnnodRight, through which she works with Black women on issues related to…
PATRICK DOUGHERAuthor www.godbodyart.com Photo Download | Bio Download Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Patrick Dougher is a self-taught fine artist, musician, poet, author, and actor. He has performed and recorded with Sade, the Grammy award-winning Dan Zanes and many others. He has played drums with many notable reggae artists, such as Black Uhuru’s…
DEIRDRE HOLLMANAuthor www.blackcomicscollective.com Photo Download | Bio Download Deirdre Hollman is the founder of the Black Comics Collective, a cultural, educational, publishing and digital forum for connecting comic creators of color with the youth and communities in New York City. She is also a doctoral student in social studies education at Teachers College, Columbia University.…
