Our Core Team is a group of people who make things happen. We are the organisers and thinkers behind the work of Built On Blood. We are the backbone of the campaign as a whole. If you see us around, feel free to say hi and chat to us!
1: The central group of organisers, empowered to make decisions and plan strategy.
2: Committed to meeting weekly online to discuss the ongoing work of the collective.
3: Doing the behind-the-scenes work necessary to make the collective function daily.
Core Team
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Néa Ishana Ranganathan (any/all)
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Néa is a genderqueer land-based sculptor and live artist of Tamil-British descent who makes iterative and durational work. They have an interest in curating spaces and interventions around healing, resistance and liberation.
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Oz Dennett (he/they/him)
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Oz is a non-binary neurodivergent artist, performer and activist based in London. They’re passionate about working towards decolonising our institutions, education and ultimately the future.
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Georgia-Leah Simpson (she/her)
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Jane Morris (she/her)
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Jane is a writer, organiser, performance-maker, and game designer originally from Wiltshire. She is a transfeminine lesbian and Marxist-Leninist trying to work towards liberated futures for people and land alike.
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Akshita Brahma (she/her)
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Akshita is a determined and courageous Artistic Changemaker who works across several art forms all in the pursuit of supporting social justice through creative mediums. Akshita's toolkit is full of ever-growing care practices, theatre experimentation, film adoration, and a love for people.
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Kaiaa Shepnekhi-Boston (she/they)
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Kaiaa is a spoken word/performance artist who comes from the heart of west london, whose work is focused on the liberation of the expression of people whether creatively or artistically.
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Arthur Morris (they/them)
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Arthur is a trans disabled artist, writer, and theatre/stuff-maker from Wiltshire. They believe in community, working for change, and the responsibility humans have to each other.
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Ares McIntosh (any/all)
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Ares is a mixed-race performer of Egyptian descent. A lot of their creative work is based on photography and videography. At the heart of it, they are a comedic performer. They want to bring light to people experiencing dark moments.
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Zarshaa Ismail (she/her)
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Zarshaa is a live performance artist who uses her brown magic to create community through her interactive art that focuses on the narratives of the margelised. She is interested in exploring why some people have things and others don't in her work.
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Wyn Teasdale (they/them)
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Mayday Reed (they/them)
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I would consider myself a socialist currently living in a conservative village and household. What drives my passion for change and politics is mainly my own personal issues with lies and mistruthing.
Members Network
Our Members Network is a group made up of anyone who supports Built On Blood!
The Members Network shows up on the day at actions and interventions and participate in monthly meetings where we brainstorm and discuss BoB's strategy and activities. The Members Network is a more flexible and low-pressure way to get involved in the work of Built On Blood, and a good place to begin.
1: Once a month, there is a Members Network meeting which everybody is invited to. At these meetings, we discuss the work of BoB over the last month, and work together on key tasks like placard-making or power mapping!
2: The Members Network feeds in policies, thoughts, criticisms and ideas to the Core Team, and shows up on the day to take part in Interventions and Actions.
If you’d like to join Built On Blood as part of the Core Team, Members Network, or Activist Network, please drop us a DM or email us at builtonblood@bruford.ac.uk or builtonblood@gmail.com
or fill in this form via the link:
Built On Blood Members Network
While dedication is important, we are committed to no one being discriminated against on the basis of capacity or disability.
We’d love to have you at our next meeting!
Questions to consider when deciding if you want to start organising with us:
Why would you like to join this collective?
In your experience, what does anti-colonial work look like?
What skills or interests would you like to bring to this campaign?
Who are your political heroes?
