Patrisse Cullors is a New York Times bestselling author, educator, artist, and abolitionist from Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured at The Broad, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Frieze LA, The Hammer Museum, The Fowler, and a host of theaters, galleries, and museums across the globe. Cullors has won numerous awards for her art and activism. In 2020, she launched a one of its kind online MFA program at Prescott College. She also launched the Crenshaw Dairy Mart with fellow artists Noé Olivas and Ali Reza Dorriz. Her current work and practice focus on "Abolitionist Aesthetics," a term she has advanced and popularized to help challenge artists and cultural workers to aestheticize abolition. She has recently founded The Center For Art and Abolition - a trailblazing nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering abolitionist artists and leveraging the transformative power of art to catalyze social change. Cullors' mission is to invite all of us to grow towards abolition through intergenerational healing work that centers love, collective care, and art.

The Homeless Initiative is the central coordinating body for Los Angeles County’s effort to expand and enhance services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of losing their home. Created by the Board of Supervisors within the County's Chief Executive Office, the Homeless Initiative administers Measure H and other funding to provide outreach to people living on the streets; interim housing, such as temporary shelters; permanent housing such as subsidized apartments; and links to supportive services, such as healthcare, mental health care, substance use disorder treatment, job training, and employment. It also offers homeless prevention services and works to increase the supply of affordable housing. The Homeless Initiative is currently overseeing the County’s urgent response to the homelessness emergency, which includes Pathway Home.