Comon Acre works against settler colonialism, a system that continues to actively sever Native peoples relationships to their territory. They are an Urban Unangan/Unangas led organization, residing on coast salish lands. They recognize that their work as an Urban Native organization, they must do their part to address and challenge anti-blackness, and uphold our trust responsibility to local tribes as defined in the Point Elliot Treaty. Read more

Los Hijos de Agüeybaná is a group that performs one of Puerto Rico’s native music genres known as the Puerto Rican Bomba. It is made up of eight or more artists, committed to their Afro-Antillean and Afro-Caribbean culture, ambassadors of that legacy, who want to make their African roots known inside and outside our Island. Hijos de Agueybana has a history of more than ten years of experience offering workshops , talks and historical-cultural courses on the Bomba genre. Bomba is the genre that collects the African heritage. In the Afro-Caribbean, the drum is a common denominator that resonates from island to island, from town to town, leaving its sound charged with convocation and solidarity.

Black Star Farmers (BSF) is a coalition of poor and working-class people in the Seattle metro area dedicated to uplifting Black and Indigenous values, land practices, and ways of being. Our mission is to secure the liberation of all beings through land sovereignty, food sovereignty, and self-determination. We work towards this mission through collective land stewardship, mutual aid, popular education, and direct action. Read more

International Capoeira Angola Foundation (ICAF) de Seattle is a non-profit educational organization committed to the cultivation, preservation, and growth of the African Brazilian cultural art form Capoeira Angola. Our goal is the creation of a strong and vibrant community committed to social transformation through empowering individuals to overcome both self and societally imposed limitations. Read more

Angel Daniel Mejía Calix. He was born on February 26, 2002 in Honduras. He is an artist who learned to paint and draw by himself, he also writes poetry, he has a brother who also draws. He is a responsible person and likes to work in a team. His main interest is to continue learning and to demonstrate that everyone has an artist inside. His goal is to get to present his art and be an inspiration for many young artists. He participated in the Youth program Conectándonos MÁS in 2023.

Angel Josúe Mejia Calix was born in Honduras, a child very passionate about art. Basically he likes to draw a lot and another thing he is very passionate about is cars because since he was a little boy he liked cars because he remembers buying a lot of car toys. He participated in the Youth program Conectándonos MÁS in 2023.

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