Editors & Authors

Liberation Stories was co-edited by Shanelle Matthews, Marzena Zukowska and the Radical Communicators Network, with contributions from a brilliant community of writers and co-conspirators.

Editors

shanelle matthews

Shanelle Matthews is the founder of the Radical Communicators Network, the former communications director for the Movement for Black Lives, and a former faculty member of Freedom Scholars at The New School. Today, she is a full-time Distinguished Lecturer at City College at the City University of New York in the Department of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies. She lives in New York.

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Marzena Zukowska

Marzena Zukowska is an organizer, communications strategist, and co-founder of the immigrant rights organization POMOC. For a decade, they have developed narrative and organizing strategies for leading social and political movements in the US, UK, and Europe. They are the former media director for National Domestic Workers Alliance and former leadership team member of Radical Communicators Network. Marzena is a queer, nonbinary Polish immigrant who was born in Białystok, Poland and grew up undocumented in Chicago, United States. They live in Liverpool, England.

The Radical Communicators Network (RadComms) is a community of practice for emerging and experienced movement and communications workers. We build narrative power for a just and liberatory future.