Posts by The Artist L.Haz | KORO RULES THE SUN
How the Carceral System Limits Economic Potential for Black Communities
Zahyr Lauren (They/them) is a program officer at Satterberg Foundation and is part of the fourth cohort of Philanthropy Northwest’s Momentum Fellowship program. The views and opinions in this blog are their own. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, social justice and racial equity organizations across the U.S. experienced an unprecedented spike in donations. However, this trend was…
Read MoreZahyr Lauren Artist Interview: Meditations on Love, Freedom, and Protection for Black People
For Seattle-based Black artist Zahyr Lauren — also known as the artist L.Haz, or more concisely, Z — discovering their personal connection to art came as an unexpected blessing. It was 2015 when the shift began; they were living in New York, working at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project as the Director of the Survival…
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