Artists
Pete Railand (formerly Pete Yahnke): printmaker, educator, bike rider, self-taught musician and full time dad. Born in Milwaukee WI; raised in the north woods of Wisconsin in a town with one stoplight. Has traversed the US too many times, formerly lived in Albuquerque NM, New York, Red Wing MN, Oakland CA, Santa Fe NM, Minneapolis
Reverend Leonina Arismendi Zarkovic (they/them) is an Uruguayan born artist and storyteller, award winning writer, outspoken immigrant justice advocate. www.leoninaarismendi.com
Kim Dinh (they/them) was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Kim is a digital illustrator in South Philly. Kim has contributed art to the immigrant rights movement in Pennsylvania as well as the Pennsylvania Poor People’s Campaign and Pittsburgh People’s Pride. Kim focuses on illustrating tender, powerful, and joyful moments of people,
Jesse Purcell is an artist and designer based in Toronto. He is the founder of Repetitive Press, a screen printing and design studio with a focus on producing visual materials for social movements.
Dr. Stephen Pavey is the Director of Story-based Strategy and Research for the Kairos Center. He received a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary and a PhD from the University of Kentucky in applied cultural anthropology. In 2020 he completed the Living School program at the Center for Action and Contemplation. He founded Hope
Ciara Taylor is the Cultural Strategies Organizer and Educator for the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, working across the program areas of Culture and Communications and Poverty Scholarship and Leadership Development – to help produce cultural resources, develop curriculum, and build network relationships that will shift the narrative about racism, poverty, ecological devastation,
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