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 graduated from Barnard College with a BA in Comparative Literature.
I am a social justice organizer with a focus on fundraising and building organizational narratives. I currently work with the Freed Seed Federation, Field Meridians, and Rirkrit Tiravanija Studio.
In the past, I have worked as a fellow at Wendy’s Subway, an outreach coordinator at Future Coalition, and am a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion Youth.
I am a student of Jhumpa Lahiri and June Jordan’s “Poetry for the People.” At Barnard, I ran development/fundraising for the 116th Initative and was an editor at The Columbia Review.
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: reading this poem by Ross Gay, bartending in Crown Heights, and going on long walks around Ridgewood, Queens.
If you would like to reach me, you can do so here!