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Conscious is a multi-disciplinary artist, entrepreneur and modern day philosopher. Lending voice to an unbridled New York morning show as co-host of "TK in The AM" and curator of its music. One of the founders of independent radio station Bondfire Radio, part of a career of nearly two decades devoted to creating spaces for artists, public speakers and motivated thinkers as well as building progressive communities that enrich their many members. "Love, Peace & Equanimity." are three words he lives by that are apparent in all of the work that he's involved with.

Felicia Perry, an ARTreprenuer based in Minneapolis specializing in fashion, design, performance art, and curating spaces, has danced professionally with Ananya Dance Theatre and facilitated workshops across the globe. She is an activist who serves on the board of the Association for Black Economic Power. Felicia’s dedication to community has led to her work with the West Broadway Business and Area Coalition where she is a business resources liaison and an activator of vacant spaces as a means to economic and social development. She is an on air host of “DesignHER Life” at KRSM Community Radio station, where she interviews women and non-binary ARTreprenuers about creating their own life and career paths.

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Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay is a Lao American writer. Her work focuses on creating tools and spaces for the amplification of refugee voices through poetry, theater, and experimental cultural production. Her plays have been presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Theater Mu, and Theater Unbound. She’s a Playwrights’ Center and Theater Mu fellow in playwriting, a Loft Literary Center fellow in poetry (2018) and children's literature (2019), a Twin Cities Media Alliance fellow in public art, and an Aspen Ideas Bush Foundation scholar. She's received grants from the Jerome Foundation, Bush Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Forecast Public Art, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, MN State Arts Board, and elsewhere. Her work has been mentioned by the NY Times, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine, Mn Original, Minnesota Public Radio and more. She holds a Master in Liberal Studies degree and co-hosted a podcast on Minnesota Public Radio.

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Tea Rozman Clark is the CoFounder and Executive Director of Green Card Voices. Graduate of New York University with a degree in Near and Middle Eastern studies, and a PhD in Cultural History, specializing in oral history recording, from the University of Nova Gorica, she is a first-generation immigrant from Slovenia and a 2015 Bush Leadership Fellow. Born in Yugoslavia, Tea moved to the US at the age of 20 after receiving the George Soros Open Society Scholarship. She bought her first house in Minneapolis in 2012, and it's where she considers home for now. Through her work, Tea has interviewed over 400 immigrants coming from over 120 countries, residing in 7 states. Under her leadership, Green Card Voices has expanded from Minnesota to North Dakota, Georgia, Wisconsin and New York. She has edited the organization’s eight books, including the five Green Card Youth Voices volumes, Green Card Entrepreneur Voices, Green Card STEM Voices, and Voices on Immigrant Storytellers (Teaching Guide). Her latest ventures are the Story Stitch card game, and Green Cad Voices, the podcast.

Tomme Beevas is the founder and chief strategic officer of the Jamaican restaurant Pimento Jamaican Kitchen (www.pimentokitchen.com) where he's leading the company’s growth strategy to become the top provider of authentic Jamaican food experiences globally. Prior to launching Pimento, Tomme served as a corporate executive responsible for Cargill’s global community involvement programs, including raising more than $100 million for United Way, and leading volunteer programs across 350 communities on six continents. Tomme holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife, Dara, founder and CEO of Wise Ink Creative Publishing and their daughter Genesis.

Troy King is a recipient of the McKnight Fellowship for performing musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music and has worked with Springboard for the Arts as a grant recipient, Project Coordinator, Artist Career Consultant and Workshops Instructor. Skills as a musician and professionally include hip-hop, songwriting, poetry, spoken word, artist development, administration and social justice/activism. Troy attended NC State University before moving to Minnesota in 2011 and has released a mixtape as well as two full-length albums. https://soundcloud.com/king-fuvi

Valérie Déus is a Haitian American poet, emerging filmmaker and film programmer. Her work has been featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Midway, Why Vandalism, aforementionproductions, The Star Tribune, the St. Paul Almanac and The BeZine. Her chapbook, Skull-Filled Sun, is available on Amazon and her short first short film Downtown Daydreamswas accepted into the 2011 Co-Kisser Poetry Film Festival. When she's not writing or making shorts, she is the host of Project 35, a local radio show where she plays worldmusic and poetry. She is the programmer FilmNorth’s Cinema Lounge and the shorts programmer for The Provincetown Film Festival. She is in the process of completing her second short film Manifestasyon.