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JEAN GRAE
Jean Grae is a multidisciplinary artist, humorist, and former rapper with over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry. She’s collaborated with influential musicians including The Roots, Robert Glasper, and her prolific body of work is featured at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. In 2019, the Public Theater commissioned her one-person show Jeanius, which played for a limited time and sold out to audiences in New York City. She currently resides in Baltimore with her shared-custody cat Littles. In My Remaining Years is her first book.
OMAR EL AKKAD
Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager, and now lives in the United States. He is a two-time winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and the Oregon Book Award for fiction. His books have been translated into thirteen languages. His debut novel, American War, was named by the BBC as one of one hundred novels that shaped our world.
EVAN RATLIFF
Evan Ratliff is an award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author, and podcast host. He’s the author of the The Mastermind: A True Story of Murder, Empire, and a New Kind of Crime Lord; the writer and host of the hit podcasts Shell Game and Persona: The French Deception; and the cofounder of The Atavist Magazine, Pop-Up Magazine, and the Longform Podcast. As a writer, he’s a two-time National Magazine Award finalist. As an editor and producer, he’s a two-time Emmy nominee and National Magazine Award winner.
THE LULLABY PROJECT
The Lullaby Project is a collaboration with the Oregon Symphony and Path Home that brings together professional singer songwriters with parents experiencing homelessness. Through this partnership, participants work with symphony musicians to create personal lullabies for their children, fostering connection, healing, and creativity. The lullabies are professionally recorded and shared with the larger community at a concert. Path Home, a nonprofit that empowers homeless families with children to get back into housing and stay there, provides outreach to identify and support parents to participate, while the Oregon Symphony contributes its artistic expertise to bring these heartfelt songs to life. This collaboration aims to empower families and nurture emotional bonds through the transformative power of music.