Elizabeth Smith Meet Liz! She is the Founder and Creative Arts Director of the Greenhouse Creative Collective, a community-led initiative that focuses on supporting artists from historically oppressed communities and recognizing their creative capabilities. Liz graduated from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL with a Bachelor’s in Criminology and continued…
Evan Greer Evan Greer is a trans and queer activist, writer, and musician based in Boston. She's the director of digital rights group Fight for the Future and writes regularly about the intersection of tech policy and human rights for the Washington Post, Time, NBC News, Wired, and CNN. Her…
Floco Torres Floco Torres is a Hip-Hop Musician, Producer, Composer, 1/2 of the Hip-Hop duo Free Black!, Graphic Designer & Community Outreach Director. 38 projects deep into his career, he has envisioned and revisioned his creative expression countless times and with this adaptive style he has gained a steady following…
Shumaila Hemani Shumaila Hemani, Ph.D. (University of Alberta) is an ethnomusicologist, Sufi singer, soundscape composer, and former Music Faculty (Semester at Sea) whose work bridges music, mental health, and climate justice. She has been a keynote speaker and performer at the Map the Systems Canada Finals (Mount Royal University, 2024)…
Andrea Wise Smith Andrea Wise Smith is a multi-disciplinary mission driven creative that works at the intersections of musical expression, place-based education, equitable community development, and collective liberation. As a singer and songwriter, Andrea draws from her cultural heritage as an African American woman in the Black Diaspora. Andrea’s melodic and…
Patricia Shih Patricia Shih is a multiple national award-winning singer-songwriter, visual artist, filmmaker, author, educator and former TV show host. Her uplifting "music with meaning" touches the hearts, minds and funny bones of her listeners and involves them directly with full audience participation. Ms. Shih tours North America, delighting audiences…
Kevin Chang Kevin Chang is an attorney, film producer, singer-songwriter & Executive Director of a Hawaiʻi non-profit organization Kua‘āina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA: kuahawaii.org ). Formerly a solo practitioner in the field of entertainment law and civil litigation he continues to perform as a singer-songwriting act known as Mr. Chang and…
David Roth David is a singer, songwriter, and recording artist who has taken his songs, experience, and expertise to a wide variety of venues in this and other countries full-time for more than three decades. His work has found its way to Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, several Chicken Soup…
Eric Reinhardt Eric Reinhardt is a partially disabled 63 year old singer/songwriter, performing and recording artist based in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He helped build the Egremont Barn music venue in his local community and performs regularly at the Guthrie Center. Eric is also a proud active member of The Black…
Dusky Waters Dusky Waters is the nom de plume for contemporary Americana songwriter/musician Jenn Jeffers. Dusky Waters is an expression of her affinity for the magic of twilight hours and the presence of the Mississippi River that has anchored her life from her childhood on the banks of its tributary…
