Athena Bernkopf is a cross-pollinator flexing at the intersections of healing justice, land sovereignty, and black and queer liberation. Brooklyn born and bred, they have worked as a facilitator and organizer across New York City in roles such as cop watch and community safety trainer with Harlem Cop Watch; tenant rights and anti-displacement advocate at the Legal Aid Society; and currently core member of The Audre Lorde Project's 3rd Space Wellness Collective and project coordinator at the East Harlem-El Barrio Community Land Trust. They dream up cityscapes abundant in ancient trees taller and more common than skyscrapers, and are driven by a commitment to co-creating urban communities whose foundations are rooted in values of mutual care, collective stewardship of resources, and being in right relationship with land. abernkopf@ehebclt.nyc