Meet Our Team

Rhea Graves, BA

Administrative Coordinator
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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. 

Etawi O'Byrne, DAOM, LAc

Project Manager
​Disability Justice Collaborative
she/her
​​disabilityjustice@theuprisecollective.org

Dr. S. Etawi O'Bryne is a multiracial Indigenous womxn and the Project Manager for the Portland Disability Justice Collaborative. 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

Communications Coordinator
she/her
communications@theuprisecollective.org

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

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. 

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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​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.
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. 

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​Steph Ng Ping Cheung, MSW
​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.

​Lucinda Law  
IRJ Team Member  
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Lucinda is a rising junior at Lewis & Clark College, majoring in Economics and double minoring in Hispanic Studies and Latin American Studies. Lucinda is originally from Northern California and has been involved in civic engagement efforts since elementary school, and is excited to dive into the UPRISE Collective. She is the current co-president of the Mixed Race Student Union at Lewis & Clark College, particularly passionate about restorative justice and immigrant advocacy. Lucinda is also huge Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny fan as well as always ready to talk musical theatre. She looks forward to working with the rest of the UPRISE team this summer in supporting Portland’s (and beyond) BIPOC community!

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