Amanda Lewis, Founder & CEO
She/Her
Poet. Advocate. Adventurer.
Creating access to the arts, community collaboration, and opportunities for the oppressed.
Fighting for creative freedom, body autonomy, and an empowered Appalachia.
Affiliations: Watch Me Grow Ohio, Waymakers Collective
Edwin Martell, Director of Photography & Artist Engagement
He/Him
Puerto Rican. Photographer. Auto technician. Former city councilman. Community badass.
Creating community-centered photography projects and youth development programs.
Fighting for a clean city, youth empowerment, autism awareness, cultural equality, and the underdog.
Affiliations: Southern Ohio Folklife, Friends of Portsmouth, Autism Project of Southern Ohio
Justin Maynard, Community & Social Justice Coordinator
He/Him
Info coming soon!
Kameron Hardin, Lead Design
He/Him/They/Them
Social butterfly. Lover of the strange and beautiful. Fashion is life.
Creating everything but boxes, labels, and limitations.
Fighting for human rights, environmental awareness, and mental health.
Affiliations: Open to get involved.
Amanda Page, Community Partner
She/Her
Author. Advocate. Explorer.
Creating essays, journalism, documentary films, and literary experiences by, for, and about Appalachians. Writing and exploring at the intersection of place, media, and money.
Fighting for equity in the production and preservation of history.
Affiliations: Scioto Literary, Appalachian Studies Association, Inside Appalachia, Strong Towns, CreativeOhio
Drew Carter, Community Partner
He/Him
Black farmer. Rapper. Community organizer. Entrepreneur.
Affiliations: Watch Me Grow Ohio, Scioto County NAACP, 14th St Community Center
Dr. Cassie Rosita Patterson, Community Partner
Folklorist.
Affiliations: Southern Ohio Folklife, American Folklore Society, Scioto County Democratic Party
