Rashaad Thomas
Rashaad Thomas is a husband, father, USAF Veteran, VONA/Voices of Our Nation Art Foundation Alum, poet, and South Phoenix, Arizona community member. His work can be found in a number of publications, most notably in the book Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong, Whirlwind Magazine, Heart Journal Online, and Linden Avenue Literary Journal, and recently received 3rd Place in the Fitzgerald Museum Literary Contest. He is a member of the Gutta' Collective based in the Phoenix, a group committed to sharing a Black and Brown narrative through art and poetry to give a voice to the silent, isolated, and marginalized.