Jamila Aisha Brown
Vice President
Jamila Aisha Brown is an Afro-Latina communications consultant, trainer, and Associate Adjunct professor at New York University. She attended the CSS Advanced Training in 2019 and became a CSS Fellow in 2020. Jamila was educated as a political economist and stumbled into a career in digital communications because she was "the youngest person in the room and therefore understood social media." Her talent and passion for communications work grew beyond social media and email campaigns to include narrative development, writing, messaging, public speaking, and more. Her social entrepreneurship HUE provides strategic communications support to organizations throughout the African diaspora. Jamila descends from a long line of Black American, Caribbean, and Latin American storytellers and she honors her family by continuing and expanding the tradition of passing down oral histories from generation to generation.
Angus Maguire
Board President
Angus Maguire is a parent, designer, organizer, artist, facilitator, communications strategist— master of none — Angus believes deeply in our collective capacity to self-govern. He is also a true believer in story-based strategy, using it for everything from eldercare and parenting, to direct action planning and organizing for futures beyond whiteness. Angus was previously a Communications Organizer with SEIU. He’s spent the last two decades creating visual communications with movements for collective liberation across the country. You can find Angus re-imagining home and community in Astoria, Oregon.
Kedar Reddy
Treasurer
Kedar is an anti-caste activist, and a game nerd. He has created GIFs and games for various movement organizations including CSS. He was previously Co-Founder at PlayLoops, and is currently Co-Founder at Organiz.org, where he continually obsesses over the best ways to improve on the reach and conversions for grassroots movement organizations on social media. Kedar is also a coach for our fellowship program and an active participant in the network.
Seng So
Secretary
Seng has been an activist in California’s immigrant and refugee communities since 2007. Today his work is focused on fighting for environmental justice for frontline communities with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN). In the 1980s Seng’s parents fled the Khmer genocide and settled in the Bay Area. It is from this history—the struggles and sacrifices of his ancestors—that paves his path today. At the heart of his life and work are three principles: community, love, liberation.