We Are Mississippi2
We amplify the voices, stories, and leadership of Black women and other historically marginalized communities—especially those at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. Through cultural arts, civic engagement, racial healing, and LGBTQ+ advocacy, we create space for truth, dignity, and liberation. We believe in building a future where every identity is affirmed, and every voice has the power to shape just and joyful communities.
Our Story
How We Began:
A Journey of Love
Founded by artist and filmmaker Talamieka Brice, our organization began as a grassroots response to erasure. Today, it is a home for Southern truth-tellers, youth leaders, artists, and cultural workers creating radical transformation from the ground up.
Real ones. Real work.
Oscar-nominated powerhouse Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and our founder Talamieka Brice caught in a behind-the-scenes moment filled with laughter, vision, and purpose. This is how we build — together.
Our Team
Leading with Vision, Rooted in Justice
Talamieka Brice
Executive Director
I was raised in Mississippi by women who survived what this country tried to erase—women who held their stories in their bones, passing them on not with microphones, but with whispers, recipes, and resistance.
That inheritance shaped me. As an artist, a mother, a storyteller, and now the founder of Mississippi2, I am committed to building a space where those stories are not only heard—but honored, protected, and used to power real change.
This organization was born out of a deep belief: that our stories, our civic power, and our cultural memory are tools of liberation. That Black women, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ communities, and those pushed to the margins are not just surviving—but leading. That art is activism. That healing is justice. And that dignity is non-negotiable.
We are here to amplify voices that have too often been erased from the archive and from the ballot box. We are here to shift narratives, shape policy, and strengthen community. We are here because the future we want is one we’re building—together.
Thank you for believing in that future with us.
-Talamieka Brice