Honoring People and Community
Ernest Verrett
Ernest Verrett is co-founder of Street Works and co-founder of Dabima, a tech platform making it more affordable for kids to get advice and project management tools to apply to college.
Anjali Deshmukh
Anjali is an MJN co-founder and Street Works co-founder, artist, game designer, and writer dedicated to creating for, with, and in community in public spaces.
Mary-Elaine Bullitt
Mary-Elaine Bullitt is a multidisciplinary creative executive and master strategist in event production and media direction. She served as Tour Coordinator for the iconic R&B group Kool & The Gang, and went on to work with other legendary public figures including Iman, Geoffrey Beene, Oscar de la Renta, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali, Earth, Wind & Fire, Prince, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, The Temptations, and Color Me Badd.
Memo Salazar
Memo Salazar is a Mexican-born filmmaker, writer, and activist… and a longtime resident of Queens, New York.
Bayeté Ross Smith
Bayeté Ross Smith is an artist, visual journalist, filmmaker and education worker, working at the intersection of photography, film & video, visual journalism, 3D objects and new media.
Purvi Shah
Purvi Shah seeds healing and transformation through anti-violence advocacy and creating art.