Fresco Steez

Fresco Steez is a young, Black feminist, queer, and an abolitionist freedom fighter from the South Side of Chicago. A grassroots community organizer for the past fourteen years, Fresco’s work ranges from housing disparities in Black communities, to juvenile justice, to racial justice, to the disruption of the police state. Fresco’s proudest work has been co-creating BYP100 with comrades, coining the phrase “Unapologetically Black,” and anchoring the term and political framework for a Black queer feminist lens. As the minister of culture for BYP100, Fresco’s focus has been on training and politically educating radical Black leadership as organizers contributing to the legacy of the Black radical tradition. Fresco is proud to currently work as one-half of the strategic communications and creative design firm Culture Society.