Rashida James-Saadiya

Rashida James-Saadiya (she/her) is a writer, cultural educator, and executive director of the Muslim Power Building Project, a collaborative learning space dedicated to supporting emerging organizers. Her work explores the intersections of identity, kinship, and social repair—themes central to her latest project, Throwing Seeds, a digital chronicle that frames the Atlantic Ocean as both a memory archive and a resource for nonlinear narratives centered on collective care, resistance, and world-building.