Category: Profile

  • Kavian Kulasabanathan (he/him)

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    Kavian Kulasabanathan (he/him) Kavian is an Eela-Tamil NHS doctor focused on state violence as a determinant of poor health, understanding (health)care as something we are all in practice of everyday. He is committed to an abolitionist approach to public health in all its forms globally, including materially realising this through supporting both the establishment and…

  • Kym Oliver (they/Kym)

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    Kym Oliver (they/Kym) Kym is a thinker, public speaker, published writer, guest lecturer, creative, PhD researcher, advocate and consultant, with an international and diverse list of credits including Google, UNFPA, University of Oxford, NASA and BBC. Kym is a Co-Founder of both Our Living Archives and The Triple Cripples. They’re also a board member for…

  • Last Mafuba (she/her)

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    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…

  • Mumbi Nkonde (she/they)

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    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…

  • Marcus Macdonald

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    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…

  • Nigel Carter (he/him)

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    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,…

  • Nish Doshi (they/them)

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    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…

  • Nonhlanhla Makuyana (they/them)

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    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…

  • Raks Abdulahi (he/him)

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    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…

  • Samia Dumbuya (she/they)

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    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…