Contributors

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Ricki Monique

Ricki Monique is a Minnesota based musician, educator, organizer, and creative. As a Co-Organizer of Tangible Collective, her practice centers utilizing creative expression as a way to engage community in critical and thoughtful conversations. Through intentional space setting in both the classroom and on stage, she aims to challenge those around her to contribute to building healthy and sustainable modes of being in community. Ricki Monique has a BS in Urban Elementary Education from Metropolitan State University. 
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Za'Nia Coleman

Za’Nia Coleman is an interdisciplinary artist and Co-Organizer of the Tangible collective. Her primary medium is film focusing on documentary and oral history. She has been holding spaces and creating experiences that center black thought and expression in the Twin Cities for over two years. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from Augsburg University in April 2018, with a double major in Film Production and Theory and Culture. Between her time at SPNN, St. Paul Neighborhood Network, working with youth, and her freelance artistic practices she supports and centers underrepresented stories. The root of her work is sustaining traditional and historical practices around love, pleasure, cultural expression, and community building.

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