Who We Are

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Michaela Pommells

Michaela Pommells believes that in order to end racism, patriarchy, and all forms of oppression, we must cull together creative energy to build new, resilient, anti-capitalist, community-controlled institutions that achieve revolutionary justice. She is passionate about eradicating development-induced-displacement, achieving gender equity, and educating towards collective transformation and radical healing.  In her free time, she enjoys woodworking, reading, and spending time with her three children and partner.

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Evie Hunter

Evelia "Evie" Hunter is the Assistant Dean of Student Development for Diversity and Inclusion at Delaware Valley University.  While in graduate school, Evie interned at the Penn Women's Center where she worked in and supported university organizing and community work. In her current role, Evie does training, programming, assessment and advising in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion.  She often facilitates conversations with outside groups, the most recent conversations surrounding protests and police brutality in 2020.

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Karla Vigil

Born in El Slavador and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Karla Vigil serves as the chief executive officer and co-founder of the Equity Institute, an education-based nonprofit organization working to develop innovative systems that cultivate anti-racist, people-centered communities for all learners. At Equity Institute, Karla ensures ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administrations, fundraising, and communications systems. Additionally, she's a strong advocate for recruiting, developing, and supporting historically underrepresented education professionals.

Prior to founding Equity Institute, Karla served as an educational consultant, classroom educator, and youth worker. She's interested in exploring innovative ways to cultivate transformative learning environments that uplift diversity as a critical asset. Karla was a Deeper Learning Equity Fellow and is a Pahara NextGen Fellow. Most importantly, she is a proud mama of three boys - Taliq, Reuben and Kamil.