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Charlie James is a comedian and writer living in Los Angeles. Best known for his TikToks (@nonbinarycowboy), he's made videos for Funny Or Die and written humor pieces for Slackjaw and Points in Case. His day job is tweeting from the perspective of a 67 million-year-old fossil. His night job is saying what he thinks into a microphone. His work is popular with gay daughters and their exotic pets.

Aaron Leven is the associate rabbi at Nefesh, an open-hearted spiritual community serving the east side neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in May of 2023, he is a native Angeleno who is thrilled to be back home where he is in walking distance to both Nefesh, as well as to Dodger Stadium.

Sam Sundius is a visual artist, writer, translator, opinion-haver, advocate, drinks specialist, sourdough starter starver, and person with too many houseplants. A Sam of many hats, to be sure. Through their practice Art of Undiscipline, they coach on money, success, grief, disability, neurodivergence, abolition, family, and---through it all---fostering a resilient af creative practice. You can find their artwork at samsundius.com and the home of their coaching practice at artofundiscipline.com. They currently live in New York with their cat and spouse. (Two separate mammals, tbc. Not a cat that they're married to, but a cat and, separately, a human they're married to. It's weird to make me explain all this.)

Kiana Gabrielle (she/they) is a Black queer feminist scholar and community steward helping people change their relationship to conflict. Drawing on their background in youth mentoring, community organizing, and leadership development, Kiana facilitates a peer learning community and publishes writing about cultivating connection and belonging in communities. Their work is a collaboration between Spirit, community, and self, guided by deep introspection and a desire to create a more connected and compassionate world.

Hannah Said (she/her) is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioner and community organizer. She has an unwavering commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion that is fueled by her passion for social justice, art, and authentic community building. She uses creativity and humor to bring diverse people together, to create inclusive spaces, and talk about social justice and intersectionality. Her drive for equity comes from her lived experience of being a biracial, queer, Muslim, woman.  She has a Queer and Middle Eastern mobile coffee shop called Saffron Cowboy Coffee (@saffroncowboy). Catch her at the next pop up!

Josie Alexandra (they/them) is an award winning experimental multi-dimensional artist, fascinated by the potential of intra-personal relationships as sites for reclamation and transformation in world-making processes. Their work offers critiques and envisionings to plausible futurisms [for trans and neurodiverse communities and beyond] in the current global crisis. Josie’s artistic work spans across film, sound, painting and writing. They’re also an educator, consultant, and assistant with a drive to learn the latest skills that they are fixated on.