Stephanie Diamond is an artist whose work is based in Social Practice. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Selected exhibitions include work at Galeria Sin Titulo (San Juan, PR), Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Museum of Art, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Contemporary Art Center (Vilnius, Lithuania), Jan Mot Galerie, (Belgium), The Sculpture Center, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The New York Historical Society, The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Art in General, Artists Space, Andrew Kreps Gallery, and Project Row Houses (Houston, TX). She has been a resident at Art Omi, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space program, and M and M Projects in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Stephanie received her B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and her M.A. from New York University. She currently is a Part-Time Lecturer at Parsons School of Design, and an Adjunct Professor at PACE University

Rashid Shabazz is a Program Officer with the Campaign for Black Male Achievement at the Open Society Institute (OSI). He has over 15 years of experience as a grassroots media & communications organizer, youth development advocate, and dedicated activist against mass incarceration and prison expansion.

He has been a contributing writer for several publications, including The Source and Trace magazines, the New Haven Advocate, the Huffington Post, the Future 500: Youth Organizing and Activism in the United States and many others.

Rashid holds a B.A. in English from George Mason University, an M.A. in African studies from Yale University and an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Carlos Martinez is a Colombian-born Queens-based environmentalist, photographer, and alum of The Laundromat Project's Create Change Program. For the past five years, he has worked with Green Map System, a non-profit organization that promotes inclusive participation in sustainable community development worldwide, using mapmaking as its medium. As a photographer and educator, he has worked with the International Center of Photography's Community Programs on their youth program at The Point in the South Bronx; National Geographic's Photo Camp; and a photography program with youth transitioning out of incarceration in partnership with Friends of Island Academy. Photo: Hrag Vartanian

Jennifer Steverson is the Public Programs Curator at Weeksville Heritage Center. She has worked at Weeksville for four years in both education and public programming, overseeing an array of projects which include Weeksville’s Farmers Market and environmental education workshops for an intergenerational audience which are offered throughout the year. Other programs include the Weeksville Speakers Series and annual Salon Series summer concerts. She creates programs which seek to reach new audiences and to inspire their interest in historical Weeksville through connections with contemporary art, culture and politics. Jennifer recently oversaw the redesign the Weeksville’s Kitchen Garden, a space which reflects the deep connection between the historic and contemporary Weeksville community and the natural environment. She is interested in the role that historic houses play in urban communities as cultural oases and green spaces.

Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies and Education from Eugene Lange College.