Soph Anderson
I was born in Massachusetts (occupied land originally stewarded by the Wôpanâak/Wampanoag peoples) and raised in San Francisco (Yelamu, an independent tribe of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples) and Brooklyn (Lenapehoking). I’m currently a senior at Barnard College studying Comparative Literature.
At Barnard, I am an editor at The Columbia Review, organizer of the music collective Hifi Snock Uptown, director of the storytelling collective The Cricket, and coordinator of the Housing Equity Project.
My background is in environmental justice organizing -- I was one of the lead organizers of the September 20, 2019 Climate Strike in New York City that drew 300,000 people locally. I started and coordinated the youth climate justice movement, Extinction Rebellion (XR) Youth, nationally and locally for three years to engage 10,000+ youth.
I’m interested in how we can collectively dream up better worlds to care take of each other, how food serves as a medium for healing, and how language operates as a tool of resistance.
Other things that I’m doing these days: working as a fellow at Wendy’s Subway, researching Etel Adnan with Jhumpa Lahiri, reading this poem by Ross Gay, going on long walks in Riverside Park.
Contact : (they/them) saa2247@barnard.edu or Linkedin