Meet the team.
Siddisse
Co-founder
&
visual designer
Siddisse (she/they) is a first generation Ethiopian-American interdisciplinary artist, creative researcher, writer, and archivist born and raised in the D.C. metro area, currently based in Philadelphia. She is a graduate of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of Maryand, College Park with an emphasis in Black Queer Studies. She is engaged in the practice of moving the stories of Black Lesbian, Queer, Gender Non-Conforming, and Trans People from margin to center by creating accessible resources for collective learning, creative practice, and preservation in digital and physical space. Their work is focused on creating a vast web of interconnection between and within the stories of black people globally, and their multiple expressions of gender and sexuality through storytelling, artistic practice, and creative preservation methods. They love cooking, karaoke, live music, 2010’s tumblr nostalgia, their partner and chosen family, and communing with spirit. @sid.dis.say
Zora
Co-founder & Writer
Zora (they/she) is a poet, filmmaker, researcher and archivist born and raised partially in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan. They were raised by lesbians during the early 2000’s, which gave them access to experience lesbian culture intimately, and is why in middle school they began documenting their life with family photographs. Throughout their life they’ve learned the joy of photography, filmmaking, poetry, and intertwining them with research and archiving. While they do have experience with facilitation and curating events for interpersonal dialogue, they find it’s best to educate themselves and others through creative passions. Spending time in nature, eating fruit off the trees, and reading poetry are their favorite activities. @infinityflowers95
