As we've collectively made it through the past year and a half, many spaces, both physical and online, have closed down, transformed, and been created. With more digital tools and spaces budding to bring people together, it has never been easier and more necessary for all of us to create the community spaces we need for ourselves and for each other that don’t exist. Join spacemaker and Head of Product at Somewhere Good, Vanessa Newman, as they walk you through community projects, initiatives, spaces, and gatherings that they've created over the past five years, leaving you inspired and with actionable steps on how to create your own.

Vanessa Newman is a strategist, designer, writer, music producer, and DJ whose expertise lies in identifying gaps within people of color and queer communities where needs aren’t being met and opportunities aren’t being tapped and creating successful physical, digital, and product spaces that don’t exist within those margins. Vanessa currently serves as the Head of Product at Somewhere Good, a new social platform that feels more like a kickback than a feed.