Speakers

Erin Howe (she/her) is a Principal Consultant at Strength in Numbers Consulting Group. She has a background in health and human rights, with experience working with marginalized and underserved communities including Roma, people living with HIV, people living with TB and people who use drugs. She has over ten years of experience in research, government, nonprofit and philanthropic settings, including with the Open Society Foundations, Health Resources in Action, the Global TB Institute and the Harvard School of Public Health. She received her Master’s Degree in Public Health from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and her […]

Rye Young is the Director of the Sprocket Foundation and the head of Rye Young Consulting, LLC. Rye Young Consulting works with individual donors and philanthropic institutions to align their values with their practices and to invest boldly and strategically in social justice movements. Rye was immersed in social justice philanthropy during his ten years at Third Wave Fund (formerly Third Wave Foundation) where he started as an intern in 2008 and eventually served as its Executive Director from 2014-2018. Under his leadership, Third Wave Fund bounced back from the brink of closure to what it is today: a thriving […]

Morticia Godiva is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Bronx. Since moving from Florida six years ago, she has been creatively working in NYC. Godiva wrote, produced, and starred in “Feeling Like an Orchid”; the film tells a motley tale around polyamory. She also made a film titled “Boomerang”. The film is an Ode to Fem Queens; it begs, “what is your target when you throw your boomerang?” Long Wharf Theatre is set to produce “Poly Pockets”, an Afro-futuristic play that Godiva wrote. She tends to engage in work that may intersect with her identities. She serves as the Director […]

Somjen Frazer (they/them) is the President and a Principal Consultant at Strength In Numbers Consulting Group. They have over 15 years of experience in research, evaluation and program design for LGBT communities locally, nationally and internationally. They are the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference papers.