RICHIE RESEDA: Freed from prison in 2018, Richie is a music and content producer, abolitionist-feminist community organizer and the founder of Question Culture, a social impact record label. He executive produced and produced multiple songs on Defund The Sheriff (The Album) (2020), featuring Vic Mensa, Lauren Juaregui and more, to bring national support to #DefundTheSheriff Campaigns accross LA County. He produced the mini-doc/music video “YQYG” (2019) which premiered at AFROPUNK Brooklyn 2019, contributed to the Proximity art installation for the release of the Just Mercy film (2020), and is executive producer alongside Common, Greg Wells and Scott Budnick for an album featuring major and incarcerated recording artists. While serving his 10-year sentence in California prison, Richie co-founded the prison abolition organization Initiate Justice and the feminist program for incarcerated men, Success Stories, which is the subject of the 2018 CNN documentary, The Feminist on Cellblock Y. Madame Gandhi is an American electronic music producer, drummer, artist and activist. Gandhi holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, has been listed as Forbes Music 30 Under 30 and is a 2020 TED Fellow. Her music career includes being a touring drummer for artists M.I.A., Thievery Corporation, and Kehlani. Her music and activism focuses on gender liberation and fourth-wave feminism. Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020 will be released weekly via podcast, virtual gallery, and social media. To visit the virtual gallery: www.artistsinpresidents.com and follow us @artistsinpresidents Sound design by Phoebe Unter & Nicole Kelly featuring Mara Lazer on saxophone. Music by DASK.

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