Tawana “Honeycomb” Petty

Tawana Petty is a mother, organizer, poet, and author. She has spent over 15 years teaching poetry as visionary resistance to unjust policies and practices. She is a long-time social justice organizer whose work primarily focuses on racial justice and equity issues, as well as advocating for data and digital privacy rights. Tawana is the founding Director of Petty Propolis, a Black women led artist incubator, which organizes social justice initiatives and regular art festivals and artist retreats in historic Idlewild, Michigan.