Antwann Michael is a native of Orlando, FL, however considers Atlanta, GA home. He is of Black and Native American heritage (Blackfoot and Cherokee Nations) and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Antwann’s interests revolve largely around race, law, gender and sexuality. While his blog offers his thoughts on a wide range of subjects inclusive of gender, politics, sexuality, and law, Antwann also has a passion for social justice—challenging both white supremacy and patriarchy.

Antwann believes that the essence of any society can be located at its margins—where those who are considered ‘the least of these’ are situated. With this in mind, his work centers the experiences of those at the periphery of society, unapologetically placing those persons at the center of his writing as subjects while interpreting the impact of social phenomena and structures through the lived experiences of these persons.

What is important to Antwann is that his work speaks to the current moment and examines substructures that are not often considered. Antwann developed his analytical lens at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa in African American Studies and History; he continued his studies at the University of California, Los Angeles earning a Master of Arts in African American Studies in 2016 and a Master of Arts in Sociology in 2019.  He is currently completing his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Antwann’s areas of focus are race, gender, law, police and state violence, the carceral state, as well as urban/suburban studies with expertise in archival and geographic information systems as methodological approaches. 

Antwann primarily engages the various concerns, insights, and lived experiences of Black Americans and attempts to chronicle these concerns and insights via presentations, lectures, interviews, blog posts, and at length research projects. Antwann believes that if any movement concerning Black people is to be successful it must be an informed one. Toward this end, he launched #BlkMovementSyllabus—a collaborative public project that involves educators, film makers, advocates, journalists, coaches, and many more across the United States to provide a reading resource for Black people concerning a myriad of topics as it relates to Black persons. 

Antwann offers consultations in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion, criminal justice and police policy, and visualizing demographic as well as various social data.

A Note From Antwann:

“My passion is Black people. ALL Black people. I labor with abolition in mind. I am concerned with issues both inside the Black community as well as outside forces and issues that act on the Black community. It is important to me that I do what I can with what I have to help advance the cause of Black people in whatever way I can. I am consistently motivated by Nina Simone who reminds us that it is the responsibility of the artist to speak to the times in which the people find themselves. This site represents my art: research, writing, speaking, interviewing. Thank you for taking time to engage my art. Not only do I pray it empowers you to action, but to also join in the Black millennial mantra: Black Lives Matter.”

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