New York, New York
Athena Bernkopf is a cross-pollinator flexing at the intersections of healing justice, land sovereignty, and black and queer liberation.
Brooklyn born and bred, they have worked as a facilitator and organizer across New York City in roles such as cop watch and community safety trainer with Harlem Cop Watch; tenant rights and anti-displacement advocate at the Legal Aid Society; member of The Audre Lorde Project’s 3rd Space Wellness Collective; and project coordinator at the East Harlem-El Barrio Community Land Trust. They dream up cityscapes abundant in ancient trees taller and more common than skyscrapers, and are driven by a commitment to co-creating liberated futures with and for oppressed peoples.
