PEOPLE
Our community of innovators
The Rainbow Serpent team includes a diverse group of artists, scientists, traditional African cosmologists, scholars, and innovators working across multiple disciplines including dance, photography, film, music, installation, sculpture, and more. We fuse contemporary art and technology and work together to promote a healing, empowering vision of Black LGBTQ culture grounded in African cosmologies.
Meet the Innovators
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Dr. Marques Redd
CO-FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Mikael Owunna
CO-FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Marquita Sams
CHOREOGRAPHER
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Ursula Payne
CHOREOGRAPHER
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Ashley Eleby
DANCER
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Billy James Hawkains III
DANCER
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Corey Bourbonniere
DANCER
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Jordan Cowan
DANCER
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Rishell Maxwell
DANCER
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Victoria Watford
DANCER
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Dominique Swift
VISUAL ARTIST
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Ugochukwu Damian Okpara
POET & WRITER
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TJ Benson
WRITER & VISUAL ARTIST
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Ajamu X
PHOTOGRAPHER
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Cunty MeMe
ARTIST
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Almah LaVon
WRITER & MIXED MEDIA
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Dante Micheaux
POET & WRITER
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Granville Carroll
VISUAL ARTIST & AFROFUTURIST
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Cristii
MUSICIAN & WRITER
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Indira Cunningham
PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTIST
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Chandler Bingham
DANCER
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Marsalis Gibson
ENGINEER
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Waverly Duck
ETHNOGRAPHER
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Anthony Emeka Ford
ENTREPRENEUR
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Jabez Walsh
MUSICIAN & COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
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Antonio Losavio
EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
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Shederick McClendon
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR
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Marcus Gilmore
CLEAN ENERGY TRAILBLAZER
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Michael A. Curry
ACTOR & WRITER
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T. Elon Dancy II
PROFESSOR
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Dr. Hasani Baharanyi
PSYCHIATRIST
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Jerry Ivery Jr.
LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
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Ariel Barreiro
STEM JOURNALIST
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Weslee Glenn
CHEMIST
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Devan Shimoyama
VISUAL ARTIST
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Abiniel Nascimento
VISUAL ARTIST
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Kairo Trotter
OUTREACH SPECIALIST
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Tate Abdullah
SOUND DESIGNER
Board of Directors
Dr. Hasani Baharanyi
President
Derrick Wortes
Vice-President
Dr. Weslee Glenn
Treasurer
Marsalis Gibson
Secretary
Anthony Emeka Harbour
Communications Chair
