Meet Our Team

Stephanie Roberson, MSW

Co-Director
she/her
stephanie@theuprisecollective.org

Stephanie Roberson has 18 years of experience in education and social change work. Stephanie has worked as a middle school teacher, K-5 school administrator, and a mental health practitioner with children from targeted communities. 

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Brianna C. Bragg, MSW

Co-Director
she/they
​brianna@theuprisecollective.org

Brianna Bragg, Ihanktonwan Nation. is a fat, queer, two-spirit, biracial womxn who roots her work in relationship, with liberation and healing as the goal. Brianna has over 15 years in professional early childhood education, social services, macro social work, clinical mental and behavioral health, and advocacy. 
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Open Position

Program Coordinator
​Disability Justice Collaborative
​​disabilityjustice@theuprisecollective.org

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gp/grace piper

Communications Specialist
they/them
communications@theuprisecollective.org

GP is a working class multiracial nonbinary butch Libra. GP is most interested in what it means to be a community member, in increasing access, and imagining & building QTBIPOC futurity. At Uprise, they manage, curate, and create much of our social media. 

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Rhea Graves

Administrative Coordinator
she/her
admin@theuprisecollective.org 

Rhea Graves is a fierce advocate for her community. She has worked in homeless services, resident support, and is a master organizer! Rhea graduated Portland State University with a BA in Political Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies. 

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​Virginia Luka, MA

Facilitator
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Virginia Luka was born in Palau and raised on Guam before moving to Oregon 16 years ago. She graduated from Portland State University with a Masters of Science in Educational Leadership and Policy with an emphasis in Leadership for Sustainability in Education in 2016.

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Shilo M George, MS

Facilitator
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​Shilo George, MS (she/her) is Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho and Scottish international speaker, trainer, and owner of Łush Kumtux Tumtum Consulting, which means “a great awakening of the heart and spirit” in the Chinuk Wawa trade language. Shilo interweaves cultural traditions and spirituality with an anti-oppression lens and reindigenization practices to promote healing and empowerment in herself and others in the communities she is a part of. 

Ruth Makonnen
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IRJ Team Member​
​she/her

Ruth Makonnen was born in Ethiopia and grew up in The Netherlands. She is now studying Psychology and Gender Studies in Portland. Her experiences with immigration, cross-cultural approaches to community building, and peer-to-peer mental health support fuel her passion for social work and social/clinical psychology. Ruth joins UPRISE from Lewis & Clark College's Interns for Racial Justice Summer Program. 
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        Steph Ng Ping Cheung, MSW
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           Facilitator​
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                  Steph identifies as a multiracial, butch-adjacent, queer woman and has worked in the field of
                  anti-violence for the past ten years. Steph values radical community based coalition work and
​                  is invested in critical dialogue and transformational care.



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