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Meet Our Team

Rhea Graves is a medium brown skinned person with brown glasses and medium length dark brown hair. Rhea is gently smiling in this photo and is seated in a white chair in front of a mirror.

Rhea Graves, BA

Coordinator of People & Culture
she/her
rhea@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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Etawi O'Byrne, DAOM, LAc

​Disability Justice Community Coordinator
she/her
​​etawi@theuprisecollective.org
​(971) 930-6885


Dr. S. Etawi O'Bryne is a multiracial Indigenous womxn. She has a formal education from the Oregon College of Or***l Medicine, is chronically ill, disabled and medically augmented, and has lived experience in the houseless community. Etawi has been and is many things and no one identity takes away from any other. She is a true believer in the power of community and mutual aid. Etawi also has an extreme weakness for coffee, plants, sci fi and her dog, Merlin.
Fatima Nur is a medium brown skinned person with long curly black hair, dark brown eyes, red lipstick, and a black shirt with pink flowers. Fatima is smiling in this photo.
Etawi is a light brown skinned person with long brown hair. Etawi is smiling in this photo; she is wearing a black down vest, and is standing outside in front of a fence and green plants.

Fatima Ibrahim

Communications Coordinator
she/her
fatima@theuprisecollective.org
​(971) 930-6815


Fatima is a multilingual of Somali & Yemeni origin who’s passionate about engaging underserved communities who don't speak English as a first language & disability justice. She has experience in community organizing with a focus in advocacy for victims of interpersonal violence.

Stephanie Roberson, MSW

Co-Director
she/her
stephanie@theuprisecollective.org
​(971) 930-6844

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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Stephanie Roberson has light brown skin, shoulder length straight black hair, dark brown eyes, and is wearing a blue shirt. Stephanie is smiling without teeth in this photo.
Brianna Bragg has light brown skin, black glasses, and long, straight dark brown hair. Brianna is wearing a gray shirt, a nose ring, and is smiling in this photo.

Brianna C. Bragg, MSW

Co-Director
she/they
​brianna@theuprisecollective.org
(971) 930-6974

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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Virginia Luka is a medium brown skinned person with dark brown eyes, and blond hair with dark roots in this photo. Virginia is wearing a geometric black and white shirt and is speaking into a microphone.
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Virginia Luka, MA

Facilitator
she/they


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
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Facilitator
she/her
​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. ​

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Steph Ng Ping Cheung is a light brown skinned person with brown glasses and a dark brown buzzcut. They are smiling without teeth in this photo; they are wearing a green jacket with a dark blue sweater and a light blue collared shirt, and are standing in front of pink flowers.
Shilo George is a light brown skinned person, who in this photo is wearing a metallic gold shirt, red sunglasses, and a fur pashmina. Shilo is striking a sassy pose.

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​Steph Ng Ping Cheung, MSW

​Facilitator​
she/they


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.

Gabby Perez Winder

​MSW Team Member
they/them

Gabby is a non-binary queer person of color. They were raised in Peru up until age 12, then immigrated to the U.S. with their mom and 2 younger sisters. They lived as an undocumented immigrant for almost 20 years, during which they mastered a lot of survival skills which have helped them also thrive in this country. Once having the privilege to be able to attend school, they chose a field where they could exercise their passion for social justice and advocacy. They are currently pursuing an MSW degree with a focus on macro level work as it aligns with their desire to build relationships with targeted communities and collaborate to uplift the work and joy each community brings. Besides their internship here with The UPRISE Collective, they work in the Early Childhood Field as a Home Visitor, where they've grown to learn more about different cultures and family systems/structures and the strengths each individual family brings. When they're not working/interning or attending school, they like to spend time with their family and try out new places to eat. They believe in the importance of food and its healing properties as well as a way to build connections to others in our community.
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Saed Bannoura

Facilitator

he/him

PJ Jimenez

Lewis & Clark Team Member
they/them

PJ is a queer, nonbinary, Latinx student working with UPRISE while in their first year of Graduate School. They are fairly new to Portland because they grew up in Connecticut with their family. Their parents made sure that they and their sibling were taught the importance of knowing Puerto Rican Culture (especially the food) and gave them a positive outlook on being a POC. They received my bachelor’s in 2022 in Visual Art, they have some background in working with Preschoolers and Geriatric Care. They love to adventure, read, and incorporate art in their daily life.
Saed Bannoura is a journalist, educator, and activist born in Beit Sahour, Palestine. He is a skilled facilitator and speaker in the areas of disability justice, human rights, conflict resolution and the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
 
He co-founded the International Middle East Media Center and has been Editor in Chief since 2005, reporting daily on the impacts of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian people.  As editor and researcher for “If Americans Knew” he carries the responsibility of documenting the deaths of Israeli and Palestinian people killed in conflict in the region. He has spoken at national conferences across the world, including the United Nations for Youth Summit in 2000, where he participated in extensive multicultural conflict resolution training along with youth from Lebanon, the Ivory Coast, Palestine, and various regions of conflict. He has dedicated his life to bringing awareness to what life is like under occupation in the hopes that his community can find peace and healing in justice. Living with a disability has led Saed into disability rights activism, both in Palestine and in the United States.
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  • Who We Are
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Our Organization
    • Our Team
    • Our Board
    • Our Testimonials
  • What We Do
    • Our Trainings
    • [UN]TITLED Disability Justice Project
    • Reawakening & Reimagining
    • KidsRise
    • Feed Our People Project
    • Our Voices
  • Get Involved
    • Our Membership
    • Our Jobs & Volunteer Opportunities
    • Fundraising
    • Our Merchandise
  • Contact Us