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(he/him) Director of the Inner Activist, Jorge came to Canada as a refugee from Colombia, and has used his own immigration journey, life experiences, training and education to bridge communities -- particularly Indigenous, and immigrant communities -- and facilitate positive change within government, organizations and grassroots groups for more than 15 years. He has worked with Immigrant Services Society of BC, MOSAIC, the International Institute for Child Rights and Development at the University of Victoria, City of Vancouver, the Ecumenical Task Force for Justice in the Americas, PeerNet BC and Manager for the Fresh Voices Initiative with the Vancouver Foundation.

A leader in the non-profit sector, Jorge's experience spans international solidarity, government, philanthropy, migrant justice organizing, and Global South-led movement work. He has played a key role in guiding The Inner Activist���s shift toward centering decolonial and liberatory frameworks within its programming and community practice.

Dr. Aftab Erfan (she/her) Chair of the Steering Committee for the Inner Activist, Director of the 911勛圖 Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, and formerly Chief Equity Officer for the City of Vancouver. Aftab has extensive experience as a process designer and facilitator, specializing in hosting dialogues on contentious issues with warmth and creativity. Her experience spans 15 years and five continents. She holds numerous honours, including BC500 most influential business leaders in BC (Business in Vancouver), Research for a Better Life: The Storytellers Challenge (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), and Best Published Paper Award Shortlist (Association of European Schools of Planning).

, PhD (any pronouns) is a writer, facilitator, scholar, and interdisciplinary artist devoted to the exploration of what is present and possible outside of the white supremacist colonial imagination. Their essay, "Here's How I Let Them Come Close," a meditation on encounters, extraterrestrials, and the creative process, was featured in A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars from Milkweed in 2023.

They recently completed a PhD at Pacifica Graduate Institute, where their dissertation, Toward a New Metaphysics of Political Struggle: Explorations into Abolitionist Subjectivites, explores abolitionist praxis as an ontological project ��� examining how Minneapolis-based abolitionists enact decolonial, relational worlds through creative anti-carceral practice amid escalating political violence.

(she/her) A founding member of the Accountable Communities Consortium and co-editor of the anthology, How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action (Haymarket, 2025), Shannon Perez-Darby is a queer, mixed Latina, anti-violence advocate, author, activist, and consultant working to create the conditions to support loving, equitable relationships and communities.

With over 20 years of experience, Shannon Perez-Darby centers queer and trans communities of colour while working to address issues of domestic and sexual violence, accountability, family policing and prison abolition.

(he/him) is a facilitator with the Inner Activist, as well as a Lewis Deep Democracy instructor with Waterline Cooperative, LightWork coop, and principal consultant at Shura Consulting and Engagement. His work is to decolonize public engagement through his own practice and address conflict, power, and decision-making across differences. He brings perspectives from his background in political science, philosophy, city-planning, Islamic law and spirituality, user-centered design and decoloniality. Most recently, Aslam has been helping teams and leaders within municipal government and healthcare to work with conflict in productive ways by integrating conflict facilitation, coaching, and restorative practices into the workplace.

Aslam is a new settler on xwm��庛kw��y�� ��m (Musqueam), S廎硬x戔w繳7mesh (Squamish), and s��lilw��ta��优 / sel穩l��witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) land from South Africa, with Indian heritage.