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Last Mafuba (she/her)
Last Mafuba (she/her) Last advocates for social justice and has a profound commitment to promoting equity and empowering marginalised communities. She conducts groundbreaking research on the accessibility and utilisation of mental health services among migrants, shedding light on the intersections of migrant integration, mental health, and social justice. She also uses the findings to develop…
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Mumbi Nkonde (she/they)
Mumbi Nkonde (she/they) Mumbi self idenitifies as a weaver and builder in our struggle for collective liberation. As a community activist guided by Black feminist principles, she aims to connect movement work and practise meaningful solidarity, most recently in anti-racism organising, climate justice and queer feminist communities. In their paid work, they are one of…
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Marcus Macdonald
Marcus Macdonald Marcus is a mixed heritage (Jamaican, Indian, British) queer grower, community organiser, South Londoner, gardener by trade and a Tour Manager for the bands Big Joanie and Divide and Dissolve. Marcus has been growing his own food and herbs since he was a young teenager. He’s been part of the DIY punk music…
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Nigel Carter (he/him)
Nigel Carter (he/him) Nigel a community development worker and researcher, committed to building capacity for and resourcing community power within the global majority of Oxford and its surroundings. He does this primarily through Oxford Community Action and other local organising initiatives. He is inspired and led by Black radical organising practices and strategies. Issues: Food,…
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Nish Doshi (they/them)
Nish Doshi (they/them) Nish is community builder, researcher, facilitator and strategist who focuses on building cultures of care. They have over 15 years of experience in grassroots organising and campaigning in the UK, in areas as diverse as food justice, digital rights, and environmental justice. Currently their work is focussed around decolonising knowledge processes, tech…
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Nonhlanhla Makuyana (they/them)
Nonhlanhla Makuyana (they/them) Nonhlanhla Makuyana is a Community Economist and one half of Decolonising Economics. Their work seeks to facilitate sensuous understandings of the economy that nourish life by focusing on African diaspora economic thought and practice. Through research, archiving, facilitation and writing, their work builds a bridge between historic and contemporary movements for economic…
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Raks Abdulahi (he/him)
Raks Abdulahi (they/them) Raks Abdulahi is a DJ, sound artist and community organiser. Their community work primarily involves co-facilitating a queer Somali organisation and collective in the UK. Additionally, their work aims to centre queer, Black people and their experiences and connect these experiences and narratives, whether is be sonically through their music or in…
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Samia Dumbuya (she/they)
Samia Dumbuya (she/they) Samia Dumbuya is a climate educator, facilitator, and the founder of The People’s Ark, focusing on upskilling and educating marginalised communities in the UK to be active climate changemakers. Their work focuses on making climate and environmental education accessible to marginalised communities in the UK. For the past 10 years, they have…
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Sim Wadiwala (she/her)
Sim Wadiwala (she/her) Sim is a finance organiser at LION and volunteers with Radical Routes, her work ranges from bookkeeping, financial modelling and demystifying finance among racial and economic justice organisations. She is a paid associate trustee for Friends Provident Foundation – an economic systems change funder, a member of a housing coop in Brighton,…
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Simmone Ahiaku (she/her)
Simmone Ahiaku (she/her) Simmone is a podcaster and writer who loves exploring people, cultures and their stories. The creator and host of ‘The Home Sayings’ podcast, Simmone explores proverbs and sayings from different cultures that were said to us, why they stuck with us and whether we’ll be passing them onto the next generation. Simmone…
