Seat at the Table Participants
Round-Tables:
Immigration & Law Enforcement in B-town
Daniela Gutiérrez López - Black Lives Matter AT-Large Member, Member of UndocuHoosiers Bloomington core for a couple of years. Currently finishing a PhD in Gender Studies research focused on student activism & decolonizing higher education as a path towards “unsettling” the Americas
Jessy Tang -Co-Chair of the Young Democratic Socialists (YDSA) Bloomington which focuses on anticapitalist and intersectional organizing locally and nationally. One of the main organizers of the Bloomington climate strike.Undergraduate student studying sociology and human biology with a concentration in environment and ecology.
Sofia McDowell -Secretary for the Democratic Party, Vice President, IN Latino Democratic Caucus-9th District & Vice Chair for board of Democracy for Monroe County (DFMC)
Christie Popp -Immigration Attorney with Popp & Bullman, Attorneys-at-Law; Chair of Indiana Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association; Facilitator of Bloomington's Immigration Justice Task Force
Martin Law -BLM B-town Core Council Member
Black Queer Identity & Small Town Life
Jada Bee -See Bio Below
Janae Cummings -Chair, Bloomington PRIDE Board of Directors
Chung-chieh Shan (Ken) -Associate professor, Indiana University
Tiffany Quash -PhD Candidate in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Studies in the School of Public Health at Indiana University
JB -Academic Advisor, IUB; Advisor/Founder Black & BOLD
Bloomington's Affordable Housing Crisis
Don Griffin - Owner of Griffin Realty Holdings & chief visionary officer of Off Campus Housing Agency. Chair of City of Bloomington Redevelopment Commission. Co-founder of Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus.
Matt Flaherty - City Council member-elect (starting January),an energy policy researcher & affiliated with Housing4All advocacy group primary headed by Deborah Myerson and Dave Warren organizing around the UDO.
Daniel Bingham -Housing and Climate Activist
Black Women’s Wellness
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers -Ph.D. BLM B-town Core Council Member and Professor at Indiana University, Department of History and Department of Gender Studies
Whryne Rasheed -BLM B-town Core Council Member
Jennifer Crossley -See Bio Below
Tiffany Quash -PhD Candidate in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Studies in the School of Public Health at Indiana University
Talks with Round-Tables:
Black Women in Charge
Jennifer Crossley -Chairwoman for the Monroe County Democratic Party. Member of the Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus. Member of the Monroe County Chapter of the NAACP and Momma to three children.
Jada Bee -See Bio Below
Michelle Moyd -Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Associate Director for the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) both at Indiana University
Brandon Drake -Drug & alcohol intervention specialist & Certified Recovery residence consultant. Health Connect One's birth equity leadership Academy & Monroe County Cares Board Member.
Leah McRath -Assistant Director of Alumni Communities at Indiana University Alumni Association
Racial Discrepancies in MCCSC Disciplinary Actions
Jacinda Townsend -Appalachian Writer in Residence, Berea College
Byron R Turner II -President of the Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus, Vice-chair for the City of Bloomington Commission on the Status of Black Males, Director for the Indiana Coalition for Public Education, Monroe County
Michelle Moyd -Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Associate Director, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) both at Indiana University
Stephanie Powers-Carter -Community member, Mother, Educator and Faculty in Indiana University School of Ed.
Confronting White Supremacy
Jada Bee -BLM B-Town Core Council Member, On the board for Democracy for Monroe County (DFMC), Board member and Diversity & Inclusion chair for MidWay Music Festival. Singer for Royalty Prince Tribute Band & Jada Bee & The Funky Poetics
Martin Law -BLM B-town Core Council Member
Stephanie Soloman -Member of Building a Thriving Compassionate Community & an Implicit Bias and Dominant Narrative Trainer. Former Market Master for Bloomington’s Farmers Market
Immigration & Law Enforcement in B-town
Daniela Gutiérrez López - Black Lives Matter AT-Large Member, Member of UndocuHoosiers Bloomington core for a couple of years. Currently finishing a PhD in Gender Studies research focused on student activism & decolonizing higher education as a path towards “unsettling” the Americas
Jessy Tang -Co-Chair of the Young Democratic Socialists (YDSA) Bloomington which focuses on anticapitalist and intersectional organizing locally and nationally. One of the main organizers of the Bloomington climate strike.Undergraduate student studying sociology and human biology with a concentration in environment and ecology.
Sofia McDowell -Secretary for the Democratic Party, Vice President, IN Latino Democratic Caucus-9th District & Vice Chair for board of Democracy for Monroe County (DFMC)
Christie Popp -Immigration Attorney with Popp & Bullman, Attorneys-at-Law; Chair of Indiana Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association; Facilitator of Bloomington's Immigration Justice Task Force
Martin Law -BLM B-town Core Council Member
Black Queer Identity & Small Town Life
Jada Bee -See Bio Below
Janae Cummings -Chair, Bloomington PRIDE Board of Directors
Chung-chieh Shan (Ken) -Associate professor, Indiana University
Tiffany Quash -PhD Candidate in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Studies in the School of Public Health at Indiana University
JB -Academic Advisor, IUB; Advisor/Founder Black & BOLD
Bloomington's Affordable Housing Crisis
Don Griffin - Owner of Griffin Realty Holdings & chief visionary officer of Off Campus Housing Agency. Chair of City of Bloomington Redevelopment Commission. Co-founder of Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus.
Matt Flaherty - City Council member-elect (starting January),an energy policy researcher & affiliated with Housing4All advocacy group primary headed by Deborah Myerson and Dave Warren organizing around the UDO.
Daniel Bingham -Housing and Climate Activist
Black Women’s Wellness
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers -Ph.D. BLM B-town Core Council Member and Professor at Indiana University, Department of History and Department of Gender Studies
Whryne Rasheed -BLM B-town Core Council Member
Jennifer Crossley -See Bio Below
Tiffany Quash -PhD Candidate in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Studies in the School of Public Health at Indiana University
Talks with Round-Tables:
Black Women in Charge
Jennifer Crossley -Chairwoman for the Monroe County Democratic Party. Member of the Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus. Member of the Monroe County Chapter of the NAACP and Momma to three children.
Jada Bee -See Bio Below
Michelle Moyd -Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Associate Director for the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) both at Indiana University
Brandon Drake -Drug & alcohol intervention specialist & Certified Recovery residence consultant. Health Connect One's birth equity leadership Academy & Monroe County Cares Board Member.
Leah McRath -Assistant Director of Alumni Communities at Indiana University Alumni Association
Racial Discrepancies in MCCSC Disciplinary Actions
Jacinda Townsend -Appalachian Writer in Residence, Berea College
Byron R Turner II -President of the Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus, Vice-chair for the City of Bloomington Commission on the Status of Black Males, Director for the Indiana Coalition for Public Education, Monroe County
Michelle Moyd -Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Associate Director, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) both at Indiana University
Stephanie Powers-Carter -Community member, Mother, Educator and Faculty in Indiana University School of Ed.
Confronting White Supremacy
Jada Bee -BLM B-Town Core Council Member, On the board for Democracy for Monroe County (DFMC), Board member and Diversity & Inclusion chair for MidWay Music Festival. Singer for Royalty Prince Tribute Band & Jada Bee & The Funky Poetics
Martin Law -BLM B-town Core Council Member
Stephanie Soloman -Member of Building a Thriving Compassionate Community & an Implicit Bias and Dominant Narrative Trainer. Former Market Master for Bloomington’s Farmers Market