KA/SHANI is a Filipino-American multidisciplinary artist and activist rooted in Southeast San Diego & National City. As a former marching band geek, they value music and performance as a collaborative medium to build community, unity, and compassion. They scheme and dream to cultivate revolutionary optimism, collective kinship, and spirited action. If you need them, you can probably find them wandering around aimlessly, gushing about quantum physics and the gut microbiome, cackling with fellow cacklers (or honestly with themselves), or listening to Dimension 20 or an audiobook of something written by Vladimir Lenin. Learn more about Filipino activism through Anakbayan San Diego or Tanggol Migrante Movement!

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They'll be sharing a Vinyl DJ set, connecting with the theme of womanhood and queerness! Intended to make you move, shake, connect, laugh, chat-- just be present with another!

Margaret is an artist and writer based in San Diego, CA. She uses art as a way to process memories and emotions. She has practiced many art forms, but is currently drawn to zines, bookbinding and papermaking. She also enjoys sharing her artist practice with people of all ages, by partnering with local organizations to teach art workshops.

WILLIAM BJ ROBINSON, He/They, is an adopted Black, Puerto Rican, and White queer international arts educator, director, and composer. BJ moved from New Jersey to San Diego in 2009, and they've worked throughout San Diego, with churches and schools to non-profits and professional companies. They founded their private arts studio, El Studio del BJ, in 2015, offering services from voice coaching and audition prep to music reading and songwriting.  BJ is Director of Music & Art at Christ United Presbyterian Church in South Park SD, creator/host/curator of Tough Talk, a board member for Riot Productions & Loud Fridge Theatre Group, and an on-air host for 'KPBS/Arts' at KPBS.

Frankie Simone (they/them) is a queer, gender expansive, Puerto Rican pop artist that's making bops for the Revolución. Centering play, pleasure and tapping into ancestral wisdom, Simone's songs touch on themes of radical queer and trans love, self empowerment, healing and liberation. Amidst these uplifting and magnetic soundscapes, Simone creates cathartic and transformative space for all to commune, dance, get free and remember our innate worthiness, power and joy.

Sunny Soto-Briscoe, founder & head chef of Sunny Street Outreach, a grassroots organization that focuses in providing nutritious meals for our houseless community. 

They create businesses like a catering company and mobile mocktail bar to be self-sustainable in their community missions to advocate for our underserved neighbors. Community, Hospitality, and compassion lead their mission.

Toni Lynn Junious (she/her) is a healing artist, arts & wellness curator, and women's health researcher that merges public health and holistic practices to promote wellness as liberation. She blends health equity, sexual and reproductive justice, and empowerment to address the root causes of dis-ease and promote healing from the inside out. Toni graduated from University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health and Global Cultures. She received her Masters of Public Health from George Washington University, and is also a certified yoga teacher, community herbalist, and full spectrum doula. Through Soultry Sisters, she curates soulcare rituals and nurturing spaces to cultivate community, foster belonging & tap into ancestral practices.

Alyssa “Ajay” Junious (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, wellness practitioner passionate about making art accessible to all. As a socially conscious artist, she uses art to process and create conversation around social change in her community. She has an MFA in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University,  and a BFA in Performance, Choreography, and Certificate of Arts Management from the University of California, Irvine. In 2018, she founded Continuum Arts & Pilates where she independently produces community performances, artist development programs, and movement workshops. Through Soultry Sisters, she empowers her community to use creative expression practices to improve their social, emotional and mental health. 

Originally from Japan and based in Encinitas, Noriko Whitfield is an integrated somatic educator, Sound Healing Facilitator, and healing arts practitioner with over three decades of experience helping others live to their full potential. As a Reiki Master and certified Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner, she focuses on deepening the connection between mind and body through the intentional integration of movement, energy medicine, and sound therapy. Noriko creates a calming environment that soothes the nervous system and fosters deep emotional well being. As a Grief Recovery Method Specialist, she provides compassionate guidance to help individuals navigate loss and profound life transitions. She regularly hosts community sound healing events at local museums and performs internationally.

Irie Zepeda is a printmaker, community arts facilitator, and founder of Por La Mano Press, a community-based arts initiative based in Barrio Logan, San Diego. With a background in Fine Arts and Art Therapy, their work explores storytelling, cultural memory, identity, and the creative process as a tool for reflection and transformation. Through workshops, exhibitions, and community gatherings, they create opportunities for creative expression, learning, and community connection. Rooted in accessibility and community care, Por La Mano Press uses art to foster belonging, celebrate culture, and support collective creativity.

Che Che Luna (they/them) is a somatic movement facilitator, (eco)erotic artmaker and sex educator dedicated to collaborative liberatory praxis. Their lens as a queer, trans non-binary and Autistic human informs their multidisciplinary creations. It is their honor and life’s work to support queer community in reclaiming the body as a source of pleasure, intelligence, expansion, aliveness, dignity and love. Che Che evokes permission for others to live into their truth, heal from systemic oppression, embody their desires, and find their own access points into the sensual body and the collective interdependent body of the beyond-human world.​

Keomi Tarver is a San Diego-based performing artist, choreographer, educator, and creative producer specializing in performance arts that blend dance, storytelling, and film. She spent over a decade in New York City (2010–2022), where she continued developing her voice as an artist, educator, and creative changemaker—performing, working with public figures and brands, and expanding into filmmaking and life coaching. She also served as a teaching artist at institutions including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Mark Morris Dance Center, and the Brooklyn Museum.Keomi is the founder of Abundance with Keomi LLC and the creator of works including Abundant Praise and Black Girl Bloom. She is a teaching artist with transcenDANCE and a professor at San Diego City College. Her work centers self-expression, healing, and community connection.​

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​This performance is a multidisciplinary experience blending movement, poetry, and audience interaction, drawing from Black Girl Bloom and Abundant Praise. Through choreography, spoken word, and crowd engagement, the work explores themes of identity, self-expression, healing, and community.The performance invites the audience to not only witness but also participate. Creating a shared space rooted in connection, reflection, and collective energy. Grounded in both structured choreography and improvisational moments, the piece moves between personal storytelling and communal experience, offering a dynamic and immersive exploration of what it means to be seen, heard, and expressed.

Sam Paguita is San Diego's Pinoy Playboy and the epitome of Filipino non-binary finery. Sam is dancer, performer, and host with over a decade of experience and a heart for his community. He started his drag journey during quarantine and uses his drag to explore gender, make people laugh, challenge social norms, and inspire others to be their true and authentic selves. He’s performed on stages across Southern California including San Diego Pride, UCLA, UCSD, and most recently at the San Diego stop of Pattie Gonia’s “Save Her!” Tour. Follow his drag journey, find out where he’s performing next, and book him for your next event on Instagram @mxsampaguita