Safer
Movements
Collective
who we are
Sequoya Hayes
zara raven
cofounder & codirector
Sequoya Hayes (she/her) is a Black queer femme educator, licensed social worker, energy practitioner, and community organizer. Sequoya is the founder of Red Linen Moon, a wellness and social practice consulting firm that provides social work services through a queer feminist lens. She is also a social practice artist with art featured at the Anchorage Museum, the Black Lesbian Archives Back to the Root Spring 2022 Issue, Dear Artists With Anxiety Project, and throughout various communities.
cofounder & codirector
zara raven (name in lieu of pronouns) is a Black Caribbean, mad queer mama, educator & organizer. In the past, zara was the Director of Collective Action for Safe Spaces (CASS), a grassroots organization centering trans and queer people of color in its effort to create safer public spaces in Washington, DC. zara was a co-creator of programs and resources like the Safe Bar Collective, Rethinking Masculinity, and 8 to Abolition. zara also coordinated Queenie’s Crew, a program of Project NIA teaching children how to build communities of care without prisons or policing.
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zara can often be found reading Black feminist theory, practicing dance cardio, and cuddling with cats.