A Voice at the Table

BRIDGETTE WALLACE
Bridgette is an entrepreneur and
planner motivated to build innovative
platforms to create pathways for
marginalized communities to reach
their full potential. She served as
a leader in launching the Roxbury
Innovation Center and as a member
of the Plan Dudley (Nubian) Project
Review Committee. Currently, Bridgette
is developing G|Code House, a coworking
and living space in Roxbury
connecting young womxn of color
to educational and employment
opportunities in the technology sector.
ARIRÁ ADÉÉKÉ
Arirá is an organizer, herbalist, healer,
and wellness-worker passionate
about creating spaces and processes
for healing and community building.
Through her business, Seed of Osun,
Arirá runs a mobile and stationary
apothecary seeking to invoke traditional
medicine of the African diaspora. She is
also the founder of Ile Ase, a monthly
school and sanctuary space for Black,
indigenous people of color.
NAKIA HILL
Nakia is a writer, educator, and
journalist specializing in teaching
womxn how to use writing as a tool
for healing, self-care, and resistance.
Currently, she serves as the director
of the Writers’ Room program at
826 Boston, managing writing
programs for urban youth. Nakia
recently released her second book,
I Still Did It: Stories of Resilience, an
intergenerational anthology featuring
stories written by girls and womxn of
color in Boston.
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