J. Miakoda Taylor (they/them) is a mother and two spirited descendent of both indigenous ancestors and immigrants to this continent, currently residing on Chochenyo/Ohlone territory, stolen land renamed by imperialists as Berkeley, CA. They are the founder and chief steward of Fierce Allies, a body of work catalyzing power and privilege towards equity and justice by convening Equity & Justice stewards into communities of practice, training them to root their work in justice, and collaborating with them in the creation of an equitable future for all. 

Fierce Allies, in partnership with leaders in the “nature connection” field, is initiating and organizing the Centering Justice Pilot: Decolonizing “Nature Connection”, Rematriating Indigenous Lifeways, to advance four interconnected issues -- decolonizing the “nature connection” field, reconnecting Black and Indigeneous people to the land and cultures of their ancestors, advancing reparations, and centering justice in DEI work.

Miakoda is a coach, trainer, facilitator, mediator, and strategy consultant, who has worked with over 500 leaders, organizations and movements locally, nationally, and internationally. These include food justice and food sovereignty, public health, environmental and restorative justice, Indigenous Lifeways, technology, immigrant rights, education, and land conservation. They have specialized in the fields of Restorative Justice, Somatic Trauma Healing, Popular Education, group facilitation and conflict transformation, earth-based spirit consciousness, storytelling, and ritual.

Miakoda and their people are: challenged by physical and emotional “disabilities”, victims and perpetrators of oppression and trauma, harmed by and beneficiaries of systemic oppression. They are humbled and proud to call all of these people, all living things, and all of you their relatives. They love and hold themselves accountable to and for the health and safety of all our relations, past present and future, two-legged and otherwise.