Cherry Rangel is an Indigenous cultural strategist, resource organizer, and racial justice coach. As Director of Advancement for NDN Collective, Cherry shapes and resources the future of Indigenous communities across Turtle Island (North America). For over 15 years Cherry's work has transformed organizations, ecosystems, philanthropies, and the field of arts and culture toward justice. As a resource organizer, Cherry’s advocacy has ensured that hundreds of millions of dollars have been redirected to the US and Global South, BIPOC communities, and TGNC and queer communities. With Ron Ragin, she co-authored Freedom Maps: Activating Legacies of Culture, Art, and Organizing in the US South, and with Sage Crump, she authored Queer (Re)public: On QTPOC Liberatory Aesthetics. Cherry is a Just Economy Institute Fellow, and was a 2019 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow and serves on the boards of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, and LOUD: the New Orleans queer youth theater.
