Ayinde Jean-Baptiste
Ayinde Jean-Baptiste (he/they/li) was a sound tech, roadie & later founding board member for HPP’s previous incarnation as ThickRoutes Performance Collage. Since then, Ayinde has continued to do what it takes, using voice to shift culture, engaging with communities of listening, memory-making, and movement.
The form shifts as needed -- the participatory media popup DuSable City, the multiplatform XR dance work Against Gravity with Renegade Performance Group, the online creative sousou Someplace Like Home, the experi(m)ent(i)al podcapsule trance-mission DrumLanguage (2013-16), & occasional acts of journalism.
In recent years this work has been supported by the Black Metropolis Research Consortium, the City of Evanston, CCCADI, VOQAL & the Center for Cultural Power. Ayinde has also served as a multiformat arts presenter with Brooklyn Museum, Haiti Cultural Exchange, City Lore, DuSable Museum, the University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bowery Poetry Club & more, as well as in advisory & solidarity roles with Let Us Breathe Collective.
Olivia Junell
Olivia has nearly 20 years of experience working in development at small to mid-sized arts non-profits. Olivia has held various roles at a number of contemporary arts and music organizations including significant involvement at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, High Concept Labs, and Women & Their Work, among others. She is currently a Co-Director at Experimental Sound Studio. This career trajectory has led to extensive experience in fundraising, project management, project development, budgeting, production, strategic planning, and marketing. She has served on the board of Honey Pot Performance since 2015. (she/her)
Bindu Poroori
Bindu is originally from Chennai, India, but has called Chicago home for over a decade. Bindu is a political educator, youth organizer, curator and producer of performance, nonprofit consultant, and multi-disciplinary artist. Their artistic and political practice is rooted in youth justice, hyperlocal community care, and prison+police abolition. Bindu enjoys green mangoes and doing the crossword with as many people at once as possible. (they/she)
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