Eli Namay will be interviewing Shred creative director Ruby Pinto. Ruby will share her journey through political and cultural work that led her to help build this project. The two will reflect on the need for prison & police abolition, the work of For the People Artists Collective ( @forthepeopleartists ) , and how Ruby came to practice story based strategy, as well as her current studies of the nervous system and stress response.⁠

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Ruby is an artist, organizer and care worker dedicated to building a world where joy, safety and comfort are accessible to everyone. Pittsburgh-raised and currently based, she found her footing in Chicago, blessed to learn from such visionaries as Mariame Kaba, the creators that make up her movement home, For the People Artists Collective, and the youth leaders of the #NoCopAcademy campaign. She considers herself a lifelong student, a cheerleader for the revolution, a prison and police abolitionist and a very fancy monkey. Ruby’s dream community role would be to create spaces where celebration and healing are intertwined, as she really just wants to party.⁠