Active Collaboration

Collaborations

Work with Newark communities and grassroots organizations. These are living practices, not past tense.

Newark Water Coalition

2022–Present

Community Organizer & Volunteer

Newark, NJ

Two years volunteering with a grassroots organization focused on water access, infrastructure equity, and environmental justice. Work includes: field surveys, community education, policy briefs, and supporting residents through structural failure points.

Key learning

"Structural failures aren't abstract — they're in my backyard. Healing requires individuals to first heal themselves."

Focus areas

Water access equity and infrastructure
Community organizing and education
Policy research and documentation
Crisis support and mutual aid

Impact & contributions

Documented 100+ households facing water-related infrastructure failures
Facilitated 15+ community meetings on water rights and access
Co-authored reports on Newark's water system vulnerabilities
Supported emergency response during service disruptions

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Newark Community Media Projects

2021–Present

Audio/Visual Documentarian

Newark, NJ

Creating audio and visual documentation of Newark communities, focusing on lived experience, resistance, and the work of local organizing. Projects include street photography, ambient sound studies, and community archiving.

Key learning

"The work of communities to sustain themselves is its own form of evidence."

Focus areas

Community portraiture and documentation
Ambient sound studies
Visual archive building
Public memory and oral history

Impact & contributions

Created 50+ hours of field documentation
Published audio/visual essays on Newark street life
Hosted community listening sessions
Built archive of local organizing voices

Note

This work is ongoing and evolving. These collaborations are rooted in mutual aid, not extractive documentation. All work respects community ownership and decision-making authority.