IMANI SIMS, 
Director of Programs & Operations

Imani Sims is an alchemist and author.  She believes in the power of community ritual and performance art, in public space, to shift social narratives around the magic of blackness, queerness, and femme identity. Over the past two decades Imani has collaborated with community organizations and independent artists to deliver arts programming all over the nation. Her heart soul love work is elevating the voices of QTPOC folk in public and virtual space.  Sims' book (A)live Heart is available on Sibling Rivalry Press. 

DENA ROD, 
Content Writer

Dena Rod is a writer, editor, and poet based in the Bay Area. They are currently the assistant creative non-fiction editor at Homology Lit. Through creative nonfiction essays and poetry, Dena works to illuminate their experiences of Iranian American heritage and queer identity, while combating negative stereotypes of their intersecting identities.

​LARAE J MAYS-HARDY, 
Event Coordinator, Sister Spit 2021

LaRae J. Mays-Hardy is a teaching artist, performer, poet, and activist based in San Francisco, CA. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with a certificate in Theater and Community Engagement at Temple University. LaRae's life and work focus on Blackness, decolonization, grief, womanhood, love in all forms, and power. LaRae is in the early stages of her MFA journey in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, and she looks forward to more creative growth in the Bay Area.

MASON J. 
Program Manager

Mason J. is a Black & Indigenous SF-born artist, historiographer, media strategist, and community organizer with varied interests ranging from Klaus Nomi to Keeping up with The Kardashians. Their focused passions include land use, youth empowerment, LGBTQ senior services, disability justice, intersex rights, gender/sexuality. In addition to previously working with the SFPL James C. Hormel Center and Transgender Cultural District, Mason currently acts as Program Manager for RADAR Productions BIPoC queer archives residency. Mason takes great pride in their Public Health Nerd, Two-Spirit, Jewish, HIV War Survivor, Nightlifer, Ballroom, Leather, Punk, and Soulie identities.