Moderator:

Felecia Lenee Williams, better known as Fe Love in her community, is the host and creator of the Artist Eclectic pLAygROUND, a “pop-up” event space that showcases underground and international artists.

Felecia is an activist/producer and creator of the MOJ: Murder or Justice Project, an online drama series that focuses on domestic abuse. She is also a trained actress and graduate of CalArts. Currently, Felecia is the Director of Youth Programs & Creative Strategist with  Posts for Peace and Justice

and a Chief Compassion Officer of Compassionate California. She enjoys mentoring youth about social justice issues as she facilitates Compassionate ARTS/Posts for Peace and Justice workshops with law enforcement, teachers, youth, artists and activists.

Three years ago, Felecia was hospitalized with an autoimmune illness, that left her paralyzed in a wheelchair three months. Inspired by her own personal recovery story, she has returned to the stage performing “motivational” stand-up comedy and spoken word.

Felecia is passionate about the arts and inspiring others to feel comfortable expressing their true voice.

INTO ACTION Workshop

Panelists/Mentors: Jan 13th

Suggested four posts to create, each with a lead artist and facilitator assigned to it.

#1 Dreams: in support of DACA

#2 Soaring: in support of Black Lives

#3 Me Too: in support of Women and Gender Equality

#4 Compassionate ARTS: in support of Free Speech and Artists Advocacy

Amir Whitaker is a staff attorney with the ACLU of Southern California. Prior to joining the ACLU, Amir represented students and incarcerated youth throughout Florida and Alabama for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Referred to as a “civil rights and education stalwart” by the Daytona Times, Amir has negotiated settlements and policy changes improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of children.

He has worked as a researcher with the UCLA Civil Rights Project, and has written for TIME Magazine and other publications. At the ACLU, Amir is responsible for legislation focused on education equity and funding.

Materials requested: 200-300 pamphlets on Immigration, Policing and Women's Rights (Gender Equality)

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Oscar de la Torre serves on the Board of Education of the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District.

He is the founder and Executive Director of the Pico Youth & Family Center (PYFC) in Santa Monica. Prior to founding the PYFC, Mr. de la Torre worked at Santa Monica High as an Outreach Specialist where he implemented tutoring programs, a leadership academy and violence prevention initiatives.

A lifelong resident of the Pico Neighborhood, Oscar founded the PYFC with the belief that youth violence is a product of various social and economic factors that contribute to feelings of inferiority, powerlessness and hopelessness.

Oscar completed his Master’s Degree in Public Administration at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Jasmine Richards is the founder of Black Lives Matter Pasadena. Her activism is hugely significant, because: she comes out of an area in northwest Pasadena that is deprived of resources; her work signifies that people who are deprived of resources have the capacity to look up; and she publicly recognizes the system that creates these conditions. 

When Jasmine was awakened, she did a phenomenal job of awakening folks in her community. That poses a threat to the existing social order that wants to keep black poor people oppressed. Jasmine is the modern day Bunchy Carter. Jasmine is a political prisoner she is the first person charged and convicted of felony lynching in the nation. She is a grassroots organizer, freedom fighter, and represents probably the biggest threat to the state, she helps folks recognize their own oppression and the system that is responsible for it.

 Jasmine was awarded the Extraordinary Woman award by Congresswoman Karen Bass in 2017

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Edgar Mauricio Gonzalez was born in Michoacán, Mexico but migrated to Los Angeles as an 8-year old child seeking a better life. He currently attends Santa Monica City College majoring in Political Science and hopes to become a local politician.

He also serves as the Associated Student Vice-President of his school. He wants to change the world for the better and at-risk youth. He is inspired by the Homegirl and Homeboy Scholars, organization he founded and his three-year-old daughter. He is a full-time worker and organizer with the Fight for $15 LA campaign. In his free time, he likes to record and produce music or attend social justice events.

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Lead Artists for the Compassionate ARTS/ Posts for Peace and Justice

Partnership INTO ACTION planning

"Know Your Rights" workshop

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Kira Carrillo Corser is the co-founder of Posts for Peace and Justice and Compassionate ARTS with Compassionate California. She is an award-winning artist with 30-years in social justice projects.

Kira has a Masters in Fine Art, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism with several documentary films and books, 10- years at PBS and national showings including the Smithsonian, Congress and Senate Buildings, and other sites in 19 states.  She specializes in community projects connecting local leaders with schools, libraries, Boys and Girls Clubs, and refugee and immigrant groups.  Her work has affected public policy, and centers on collaborative projects connecting issues like: Human Rights, Climate, Peace and Health.

www.PostsForPeaceAndJustice.org

www.PostsForPeaceAndJustice/Compassionate ARTS Partnership INTO ACTION

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Courtney Von Deen Bubeck is a graduate from Cal Arts, with a Bachelors in Fine Art.  Her specialty is painting and capturing the realism of people, nature and their stories. Courtney is also a coach/trainer working with multiple age groups and levels for over 6-years.

She loves seeing the transformation in each individual, mentally and physically reaching their highest potential.

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Robin Powell creates inspired, sacred Art which she receives through intuition, and visions.  Her preferred mediums are paint

and mosaic.

She began her Art studies at the Detroit Institute of Arts at age 7.  She is currently studying Graphic Design at Studio Arts in Los Angeles and is a Lead Artist at

http://www.postsforpeaceandjustice.org/

Sarah Louise Wilson is an artist who writes, directs, produces, paints and acts.

Her courage puts her on an edge that cannot be fabricated; rather, it comes as a natural part of who she is and what she stands for. 

In 2010, with her company Stella Bella Productions, she penned and starred in her pseudo-autobiographical romantic comedy “Jelly”, starring Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black) and Hollywood icon Ed McMahon. The script alone attracted name talent and funded the film into release. After screening in competition at several renowned film festivals, the film went on to win four Accolade awards and is represented by Cinetic Media. It has since been released on Netflix, Fancast and The Sundance Channel.   

Throughout her career, Sarah wrote and directed countless short films, plays, music videos, documentaries, anything she could get her hand on. In early 2016, when Sarah was living and teaching in Almaty, Kazakhstan, she shot her feature-film “No Exit” entirely on location. That same year, she moved to Beirut, Lebanon to sign on as a Director, Producer at littletree films, where she is shaking up the industry with a whole new approach to making movies in the Middle East.