Op Leads
Op Leads are activists who organize within our community, designing and implementing multi-movement Operations that strike at the roots of oppression. They're some of the baddest birds around.
Amélie Liebhaber (she/they)
Favorite Food: Pineapple
Favorite Quote: “In the end, all the struggles have the same objective: the defense of life.” - Ana Sandoval
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Political involvement and direct action, because these create major systemic change.
Athena Thibodeau-Viana (she/her)
Favorite Food: A colorful salad
Favorite Quote: "A thinking woman sleeps with monsters." -Adrienne Rich
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Talking to people face-to-face and hearing their stories.
Em Grybko (they/she)
Favorite Food: Perogies
Favorite Quote: "You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time." - Angela Davis
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Walkouts and sit-ins!
Kacey Fifield (she/her)
Favorite Food: Jolly Llama dairy-free ice cream!
Favorite Quote: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr.
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Personal discussions and education!
Mia Jay-Pachirat (she/her)
Favorite Food: Clementines
Favorite Quote: "If we could turn back, we'd probably never end up where we started" - Haruki Murakami
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: From action planning to art activism and everything in between!
Miya Neal (she/her/xe/xyr)
Favorite Food: Potatoes because they're so versatile, the recipes are endless.
Favorite Quote: "Some people spend their whole lives looking for someone who could understand while meanwhile a lilacs blooming, sometimes on the driest land." - Evan Stephens Hall
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Mutual aid
Geo Corps Leads
Geo Corps Leads are on the ground, implementing activism Operation in their towns, cities, and schools. They're the IRL badass birds.
Sofía Gilmore (she/her)
San Diego
Favorite Food: Tomatoes
Favorite Quote: “If people were silent nothing would change” - Malala Yousafzai
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Educational, community outreach, and protests
Community Corps Leads
Community Corps Leads know that community IS resistance. They strengthen and fortify The Corps by keeping it safe, inclusive, and welcoming. They're the birds that keep us together.
Serena Holland (she/her)
Its Lit
Favorite Food: Potato salad
Favorite Quote: “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” - Angela Davis
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Signing petitions and self-education
HQ (aka "The Conspiracy")
The Conspiracy is a collaboration of Raven-aged administrators and older allies (Co-conspirators) who keep things running at The Corps so that our movement can live on.
Anata Tran (she/they)
Community Corps Coordinator
Favorite Food: Tofu pad thai!
Favorite Quote: “Stupid is as stupid does” - Forrest Gump
Cami Hoffman (they/them)
Youth Director
Favorite Food: Sweet potatoes
Favorite Quote: "To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Mutual aid, grassroots political organizing/action
Claire Howe (she/her)
Executive Director & Co-founder (Code Name: "Mother Raven")
Favorite Food: Tofu RULES.
Favorite Quote: “When you grow up, your heart dies.” - Gunship
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Supporting young activists, anything that involves creativity, and connecting with people on a basic, human level to figure out how we can harmoniously make the most of our time on this beautiful planet.
Kristina Hulvershorn (she/her)
Corps Support Specialist
Favorite Food: Thai Curry. Specifically, probably Yellow Curry but I also love Green curry and Massaman.
Favorite Quote: "We are the ones we have been waiting for." - June Jordan
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Art and Education - specifically the written word to help expand our ideas of what is possible and infuse hope into otherwise hopeless situations.
Jesse Zamora (he/him)
Raven Corps Treats Manager
Favorite Food: Pho
Favorite Quote: "...the people who give you their food give you their heart." - Cesar Chavez
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Revolves around community building. Having events like cooking meetups while engaging in real conversation with people.
Shubhangi Bose (she/her)
Geo Corps Coordinator
Favorite Food: Any type of sushi
Favorite Quote: "I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation.” - Malcolm X
Preferred Forms of Advocacy: Systems advocacy (advocacy targeted towards a certain system that holds power)
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