Jen Deerinwater is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, journalist, and the founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism. Jen is currently a member of the Disability Community Advisory Group for the first of its kind American LGBTQ Museum and serves as a member of the Rooted Together: Building Power through Diasporic Dialogue cohort. Jen is also a member of the board of directors for the Disabled Journalist Association and a Senior Advisor for the Disability Culture Lab. Jesse Deer In Water is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and visitor on Traditional Homelands of The Anishinabek 3 Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Bodewadomi and Odawa peoples in the area known as Wawiyamtanong (“North Redford, MI”). Jesse is a community organizer, a father of three, and friend and family to many, including plants, beings, and elements within this existence.