Our Staff

Director of Alternative Futures

Dr. Yolande M. S. Tomlinson is a radical queer Black feminist philosopher and organizer, who brings a lifetime of experience, passion and learning to her role as the Co-Director and Director of Education and Applied Intersectionality for the Organization for Human Rights and Democracy (OHRD).

Co-Director/Director of Environmental Justice & Planning

Angel O. Torres has spent the last 5 years as an independent Environmental Justice and Civil Rights researcher, Geographical Information System (GIS) consultant, and free-lance writer in Atlanta, Georgia.

Director of Operations, Administration, & Finance

Jovan is a child of Ayiti and Granmè Meliana, from whom they learned that it is always worth fighting for the “vwa la libète kap chante lan kè nou.” As a Health Policy Research Scholar and Ph.D student in Operations Research at Georgia Tech, their research focuses on how to make decisions under uncertainty.

Operations & Administration Consultant

Nia is a southern-ish queer Black nonbinary witch*-child of the Edwards and Austin clans. Grand-witch-child of the Cole and Greene clans. And great-grand-witch-child of many more.

Climate Justice and Human Rights Fellow

Savanha is a radical Black ecologist, whose work sits at the intersection of environmental justice and prison abolition.

Ecosystem Manager

Sanae L. Alaoui is a creative and organizer committed to building alternative futures through solidarity economics and community power.

Program Intern

Soteria Thomas is a dedicated, lifelong activist native to Atlanta, Georgia, and works in outreach for OHRD.