Greetings Kin!
Thank you so much for visiting my page! It’s an honor to have you.
I am a queer, non binary, multiracial, Black love beam raised on soil and stardust. I’m madly in love with the Earth and my people and dedicate my life to our collective healing. I am a devotee of seeds, a disciple of mushrooms, a builder of movements, and a grower of medicine.
I believe in the power of art. I dedicate myself to using my creativity to tell stories that reframe reality, activate change, and nourish our visionary imaginations. I believe in the power of community. I dedicate myself to forging collaborations that invite us to practice the worlds we and our descendants deserve to experience.
I dream of a future where all beings experience safety, dignity and reciprocity. I started organizing as a very young person and don’t plan on stopping! What a joy to channel my life force into what I deeply believe in.
Below is my bio and timeline. Navigate to Roots to learn more about my lineage and inspiration, and Fruits to discover my projects and artworks.
Let’s pollinate! Stay connected. Stay blessed.
INFINITE LOVE,
Naima
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Naima Penniman is a freedom-forging futurist rooted in her ancestors’ brilliance. Life-long lover and defender of the Earth, Naima dedicates her creativity and community-building skills to regenerate practices towards planetary interdependence.
She serves as the Director of Education at SOUL FIRE FARM, where she equips a returning generation of Black, Brown and Indigenous farmers with the skills needed to reclaim leadership in the food system and chart dignified futures in relationship to land. She is the Co-Founder of WILDSEED, a BIPOC-led, land-based community focused on ecological collaboration, transformative justice, and intergenerational responsibility.
Published in “All We Can Save,” “We Are Each Other’s Harvest,” “Poetry As Spellcasting,” “Farming While Black,” “A Darker Wilderness,” “Black Earth Wisdom” and “Semillas,” Naima is a visionary poet whose performances have inspired thousands of people and movements across the world through the groundbreaking work of CLIMBING POETREE. Originating member of the Black healers collective, HARRIET’S APOTHECARY, and founder of the Haitian resilience project, AYITI RESURRECT, Naima is devoted to cultivating collaborations that elevate the healing of our earth, our bodies, our communities, lineages and descendants.
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