LEADERSHIP TEAM
Nick Szuberla, Executive Director / Director of Narrative Strategies. Nick has helped design and lead national public information campaigns on issues ranging from sentencing reform to U.S. energy policy. He began his work at the Highlander Research and Education Center in 1996, and then joined Appalshop, an arts and cultural center in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Not long after, Nick founded Holler to the Hood (a multimedia project exploring urban/rural relationships), Thousand Kites (a national dialogue project addressing the U.S. criminal justice system) and Calls from Home (an interactive radio and organizing project). He has produced award-winning documentary films, radio series, and multimedia productions. He has also trained hundreds of youth and adults in how to use low-cost media as an organizing tool, and has done artist residencies in 38 states. He is a graduate of Antioch College. Nick makes his home in both the mountains and on the coast of North Carolina. Learn more about Nick’s three decades of work at his website
Rend Smith, Director of Local Journalism. Rend is a freelance writer by trade and a multimedia journalist. His writing focuses on the critical impact of injustice, power, and bias on people’s lives. His multimedia projects have documented the experiences of working-class communities of color with a focus on generational inequality, particularly in the South.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Terrill Williams, theater artist, Wilmington, North Carolina
Tanya Mote, Associate Director, Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center.
Laurie Jo Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Social Justice, School of Art and Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Chris Everett, Founder 3Chamber & Artistic Director Southern Documentary Fund
Paul Wright, Executive Director, Human Rights Defense Center
Affiliations are for identification purposes only; no institutional endorsement is implied.
