Liz Kennedy

Liz (she/her/they/them) is a storyteller and organizer from Ann Arbor, MI (originally called Gaa-giishka’aanig by the Ojibwe people). She joined AMP in 2019 after attending her first Allied Media Conference in 2018. As Program Manager for the AMC she’s passionate about creating spaces for artists and organizers to strategize, celebrate, and cross-pollinate across movements and mediums.

Prior to joining AMP she worked as a Research & Policy Analyst with the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, where she co-authored research on just transition, LGBTQIA+ responsive climate adaptation, food justice, and more.

Outside of AMP, she alchemizes with Lead to Life, a collective of queer artists that transform guns into shovels and other life-affirming tools and uses those tools to hold tree plantings across Turtle Island (the united states). As an intersectional black feminist, she’s committed to uniting and queering transnational struggles for justice.