Staff
Elizabeth Woodson (she/her)
Executive Director
Elizabeth is a 12th generation European American settler descended from people of Britton, Celtic and Germanic cultures. For a decade, Elizabeth has worked towards racial equity through philanthropy at the Emerson Collective, direct services at Columbus House and the Bridgeport Public Defenders, and public education at the Equal Justice Initiative where she contributed to the research, development and opening of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Informed by growing up in segregated Fairfield County, Connecticut and fighting sexual violence as student body president at Stanford University, Elizabeth is an experienced Theater of the Oppressed facilitator, community organizer, and researcher. Elizabeth lives on unceded Maskoke territory (Montgomery, Alabama).
Kendall Allison (they/them)
Program Manager
Kendall is a comedian and writer based in so-called New York City. They are currently pursuing an MA in Liberal Studies at CUNY. They organize toward the solidarity economy with Resource Generation. Their ancestors have been in the United States since the 1600s, and come from England, Germany, Switzerland, and Scotland. They were raised in so-called Oakland, California.
Emily Davis-Hale (they/them)
Operations Manager
Emily is a descendant of long Western European occupation of the southeastern United States, a landscape intimately tied to its colonial history. Their PhD in linguistic anthropology focused on the mutual influence of narrative and society in shaping the narrow composition of mythohistory. Today, they work to support salient social missions by strengthening organizational infrastructure. They reside on Chickasaw/Cherokee/Shawnee/Yuchi lands in Huntsville, Alabama.
Feedback Ecosystem
Reckon With collaborates with dozens of movement practitioners with whom we meet consistently to receive guidance.
Our feedback community is organized into three councils: Advisors and Elders, Practitioners, and Peers. Each person is resourced for their time and insights, either by direct financial compensation or by donation to a Black, Indigenous or People of Color-led organization of their choice.
We are so grateful to this community, whose ongoing care provides the rigor and wisdom required for the healthy evolution of our work.
(Mama) Ruby Sales
Washington D.C.
Founder and Director,
SpiritHouse Project
Janice Barbee
She/her
Minneapolis, MN
Founder and Director,
Healing Roots
Kiah Williams
She/her
Atlanta, GA
Co-Founder,
SIRUM
Aria Florant
She/her
Brooklyn, NY
Co-Founder and CEO,
Liberation Ventures
Sekita Grant
She/her
Founder and Principal,
Sow Light Coaching
Reverend Ron Buford
He/Him
San Francisco/San Jose
Pastor, Congregational Church of Sunnyvale & Founder, Racists Anonymous
Frank Joyce
He/him
Grosse Pointe, MI
Elder, National Council of Elders, and Director, Change is the Pointe
Natasha Mmonatau
She/her
Puerto Rico
Freelance communications strategist
Bart Bailey, MBA
He/him
Pennsylvania
COO,
Courage to Care
Amerika Blair
She/her(s)
Montgomery, AL
Curator, The Outspoken Women Collective
W.J. Lofton
He/They
Atlanta, GA
Writer, Creative Director, Lofthouse Creatives
Sara Axtell
She/her
St. Paul, MN
Located on Dakota land (1805, 1837, and 1851 treaties)
Teacher, Healing Roots & Lecturer, University of Minnesota
Trey Walk
He/him
New York
Researcher and Advocate,
Human Rights Watch
Jen McClung
She/her
Ames, IA
Associate Teaching Professor, Iowa State University
Lynn Burnett
He/him
Oakland, CA
Creator, Cross Cultural Solidarity and White Antiracist Ancestry Project
Mia Diawara
She/her
Oakland, CA (Unceded Lisjan-Ohlone territory)
Independent Consultant & Advisor
Martell Hesketh (Michel First Nation)
She/her
Seattle, WA
Research & Evaluation Manager, NDN Collective
Evan Milligan
He/him
Montgomery, AL
Executive Director,
Jubilee Community Center
Juan Antonio Govea
He/him
Sacramento, CA
Institutional Giving Manager, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Shontel Stewart
She/her
Houston, TX
MaKshya Tolbert
She/they
Charlottesville, VA
Poet; Chair, Charlottesville Tree Commission
Sammie Ablaza Wills
They/them
Ohlone Land
Organizer & Strategist, Belonging Practices
GeDá Jones Herbert
She/her
New Orleans, LA
Civil Rights Attorney
Tania Anaissie
She/her
California
Founder and CEO,
Beytna Design
Joyce Vaughn
She/her
Montgomery, AL
Owner, J. Vaughn Consulting
Breana Lamkin
She/her
Washington, D.C.
Program Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Megan Faulk
She/her
San Francisco, CA
Engineering Lead, Google
Craig A. Hassel, Ph.D.
He/him
St. Paul, MN
Graduate Faculty, Center for Spirituality & Healing
Krystal Allen
She/her
New Orleans, LA
Founder & CEO, K. Allen Consulting
Alex Lofton
He/him
Seattle, WA
Co-Founder, Landed
Jada James
She/her
Orlando, FL
Dani Wilson
She/her
PA
Liberation Facilitation, We Are Finding Freedom
Afrika Afeni Mills
She/her
Charlotte, NC
Founder and CEO, Continental Drift LLC
Donors
Thank you to the critical early-stage investments of these foundations and more than 25 individual donors:
The Hartman Family Foundation
Collaborators
McKellen Oh (she/her)
UX Research & Evaluation
Bara Badwan (he/him)
AI consulting
Austin Drawhorn (he/him)
Website Design