Projects feat. j.n.deloach
Anyone who knows me knows that I love keeping busy.
Read about some of the creative projects I have in the works below.
DC Survivor Support Fund
In 2021, my comrades and I started raising funds for six Black trans women in DC to escape abusive housing and follow their dreams.
The survivors seek support with housing, basic necessities, and business start-up funds. Our goal is to raise at least $500,000 to support the survivors for two years.
This fund is also in memory of our dear friend and comrade Nona Conner, who was in the Survivor Group but passed away before we could launch.
There’s enough money in our community for everyone to have the resources they need. Let’s show up for Black trans women today and everyday.
Police-Free Schools DC
Police-Free Schools DC is a campaign to end policing in schools and instead invest in resources that youth have said would actually keep them safe—things like safe housing, affirming classrooms to learn and dream in, and support with navigating challenges and conflict. A coalition of organizations, collectives, organizers, and students in DC are leading this campaign.
In 2022, I helped Police-Free Schools DC develop their logo, visual identity, tone, and more for their incredible work.
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak (JLS) is a national collective of imprisoned persons who fight for human rights, by providing other prisoners with access to legal education, resources, and assistance. JLS is the organizing force behind the 2018 National Prison Strike, the 2017 Millions for Prisoners March on Washington D.C. and the National Prison Strike of 2016.
In 2019, I provided design and communications support with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. They’re incredible organizers and comrades.
MelaNation, an art zine about Black liberation
From 2016 through 2020, I was an activist with BYP100 DC (Black Youth Project 100 DC), a collective of young Black organizers who fight for justice through a Black queer feminist lens by engaging in direct actions, campaigns, political education, cultural production, and uplifting radical Black joy.
I was a founding member, lead editor, and designer at MelaNation, BYP100 DC’s Black liberation art zine and blog that aims to engage Black people with political education to resist oppression and to uplift the voices of Black artists and writers in the DC area. I create written and illustrated content, manage the website and blog, prepare submissions and distribution strategies, connect with local art collectives and creatives, and co-create with an incredible team of fellow Black liberation activists.
“Mumble Sauce,” a Pop Up Column at Washington City Paper
“Mumble Sauce” is a Washington City Paper summer pop-up column containing my musings about how Black communities find healing in the face of gentrification, displacement, policing, prisons, and jails.
I wrote 8 articles to uplift the stories of the DMV-based Black healers, artists, and freedom fighters who are pushing to make the world a safer place. A world where we can all gain fulfillment.
DECRIMNOW, a campaign to support sex workers
From 2018 through 2020, I helped lead strategic communications and design for the DECRIMNOW campaign, including the development of our visual identity. DECRIMNOW consists of a collective of Black and brown sex workers, advocates, and allies who are working to decriminalize sex work in DC, and to increase access to housing, services, education, and other resources for people in the sex trade.
Organizations involved in DECRIMNOW included Collective Action for Safe Spaces, HIPS, BYP100 DC, No Justice No Pride, UndocuBlack, Workers' World Party, and more.
