Yolo Akili Robinson is a non-binary, award-winning writer, healing justice worker, yogi, and the founder and Executive Director of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective), a national organization in the United States that works to build care systems for Black communities to heal through education, training, and advocacy. With other 20 years of experience in community mental health, Yolo has led numerous workshops, support groups, and training sessions centered on healing justice, mental health literacy, and anti-patriarchal mental health for Black communities. His work is rooted in creating emotionally intelligent leadership and building spaces that support holistic healing and community care.

Samanta Nyinawumuntu is the founder and Executive Director of Black Healing Centre. They describe themselves as a Black queer being who hails from the mountains of Rwanda. They are an artist and community organizer whose mission is to facilitate and co-create intentional spaces that center a healing justice framework for people who are, and have been historically marginalized. Black Healing Centre has been a partner of SHIFT's since 2021, and are one of four recipients of the Deep Investment Fund.