Dr. Renée M. Byrd's work is situated at the nexus of abolition feminisms, Black ecologies, and healing justice. She asks questions about how violence and the State are reproduced, how we heal and how we meet the challenges of our times. She is the Founder and Director of The Ecotone Center for Land-based Healing + Transformative justice and Founding Program Leader for Cal Poly Humboldt's Critical Agriculture Studies & Agroecology program.