Meche currently engages in rural movements against U.S. imperialism by challenging institutions developed through capitalism (i.e., prisons, immigration detention centers, education, etc.). She believes that this system of oppression and exploitation can be dismantled and replaced by one which embraces accesible health, food, and educational systems for all people. Her method in achieving this relies heavily on supporting global Indigenous (spiritual and agricultural) practices that support young people and encourage art.

Kenneth Wayne Cook

Thae A Gho Wens- He Splits The Sun

ThaeAGhoWens.cook@gmail.com

Serves on Board of Advisors for Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Healing

Owner/ Operator of Split Sun Creations LLC

Chief cultivations officer of Beaver lodge Food forest

Served as Vice president and Co-Founder-Pikkuni Co-operative

Served as a board member for FAST Blackfeet- non profit serving the Blackfeet community

Onondaga Language Consultant

Recipient of 2023 Constellations Award

Recipient of 2021 Solve- Business proposal award

Thae A Gho Wens proudly serves various communities offering consultation services, grant writing, marketing, fund-raising, Indigenous land management, and bioremediation. While he is pursuing his associates in environmental sciences he also serves as project manager on a twenty four acre food forest in Sullivan, N.Y, working to re-establishing Indigenous food systems.

Rigoberto Lara Guzmán (@chicanocyborg) is a Mexican artist, theorist, and digital strategist. He is based in the Northeastern Woodlands as a remote worker in the field of Science and Technology studies. His work facilitates critical dialogue on contemporary technoculture, data governance, and decolonial computation. He is currently the Senior Producer at Data & Society Research Institute and a member of The Guild of Future Architects and Tierra Común Network.