Joquina M. Reed thrives as an educator, researcher, writer, public speaker, and community advocate. She is the creator and curator behind the social media platforms: The AntiBlackness Reader Project and Hug Your White Friends. Her public advocacy is largely inspired by her academic research relating to social power and race and gender identity constructions. She currently holds a dual faculty administrator appointment at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. Follow her @ twitter.com/kinam1 @twitter.com/AntiBlackReader and @twitter.com/hugwhitefriends