This April, The Golden State celebrates Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month. In California, the creative economy is substantial. So substantial in fact that the 2020 Otis Report on the Creative Economy found that creative industries support 2.68 million jobs in the state. However, due to the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the economy,…
[emaillocker id=4438] Crushing cancer, the gender binary, and anything else that might get in their way— this is activist Walela Nehanda (they/them/theirs). Their efforts recently landed them on Out Magazine’s Out100 annual portfolio recognizing honorees’ impact around the world. Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Walela is the epitome of a renaissance person. The events that…