Many conductors, directors, ensembles, and curators want to program the music of women, people who are non-binary, and composers of all racial, sexual, and ethnic identities, but sometimes don't know where to find these works, and don't have a lot of extra time to start looking.

Thus, there's the very human tendency to program the composers and pieces that they already know.

It's not uncommon for someone to say, "I don't care about gender or race, I just want to program excellent music!".

Absolutely: we can't think of anyone who would prefer to program non-excellent music. That's a perfectly reasonable sentiment, and in a perfectly balanced world this page of resources wouldn't be needed.

Unfortunately at the moment, with only about 7% of all programmed concert and film music being composed by women, people of color, or those of alternate gender or sexual identities, it's actually very important to take diversity into account when choosing excellent repertoire. The people responsible for creating the music should be a reflection of the people playing it and listening to it! Unless the many wonderful pieces by currently underrepresented composers are able to be heard, few will know just how much terrific music is out there, and the significant imbalance will only perpetuate itself. It's easy to solve the problem!

We call this, intentional programming.

There's a LOT of excellent music being written by composers of all backgrounds-- it just takes an extra moment to discover these pieces. The many links on this page will help, and if you scroll lower down you can gather some easy, useful ideas. Relax, sit back, and enjoy clicking around and discovering fresh musical voices!

This page is designed to be a resource for:

• Conductors and ensemble leaders

• Professional musicians

• Concert presenters and curators

• Educators

• Students

• Anyone interested in a more balanced and diverse
concert music world!

The thoughts included on this page are published with the intent for them to be useful talking points. Everyone, whether a musician or not, whether a high school student or a seasoned professional, can effect change by continuing to have conversations that raise awareness.

INSTITUTE FOR COMPOSER DIVERSITY

An easily searchable database that allows conductors, performers, presenters, educators, and researchers to expand their scope of composers and repertoire.

Created by composer Rob Deemer.

Read a January 2, 2018 article that Rob Deemer penned for Drew McManus's blog Adaptistration, explaining the process involved in creating this resource. Then, read Rob's follow-up article six months later in which he describes the process of the database expansion.

DIVERSE COMPOSERS OF WIND BAND MUSIC

Covering nearly 3,500 pieces, this database includes three separate sheets for women composers, composers of color, and LGBTQIA+ composers, that are sortable by grade level, length, and have links to perusal scores and YouTube videos.

Created by band director Christian Michael Folk.

THE WIND REPERTORY PROJECT

An online resource for wind band conductors, enthusiasts, and students featuring a great many sub-categories that make it easy to find composers of specific, diverse backgrounds.

Created by band director Nikk Pilato.

RESOURCES OF UNDERREPRESENTED COMPOSERS

A collection of links to resources and information about composers from many backgrounds.

Created by Major Orchestra Librarians' Association, Inc. (MOLA).

...AND WE WERE HEARD

Giving underrepresented composers a platform to have their music heard, …And We Were Heard connects composers to ensembles which record these works so they can be more fully promoted.

Created by a team of band directors including Dr. Kaitlin Bove, Cliff Croomes, Courtney Snyder Ng, Thomas Gamboa, Mary Kate McNally, and Ogechi Ukazu.

DIVERSIFY THE STAND

Dedicated to working with diverse musical voices to create accessible educational music.

Created by Dr. Carrie Blosser, Ashley Killam, and Hollyn Slykhuis. Bios HERE.

ITHACA COLLEGE LIBRARY

A guide to resources available for identifying and discussing music by marginalized composers (Black, Indigenous, POC, Women, LGBTQ+).

ColourFULL MUSIC

A growing collection of wind band concert programs which represent a diverse selection of composers.

Created by composer Jodie Blackshaw.

MUSIC SOURCES FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

A guide from Rowan University that highlights resources for promoting DEI in music.

DIVERSITY IN CLARINET LITERATURE

Clarinetist Kelsey Paquin's list of links to many useful resources, both general and clarinet-focused.

THE AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY

Database of music for viola by underrepresented composers.

A SEAT AT THE PIANO

Promoting inclusion in piano repertoire, this is a deep resource for pianists, pedagogues, and curious music appreciators to explore.

BANDOLOGY

Bandology highlights over 50 composers from communities which are too often underrepresented. The site also offers resources for educators and students to learn more about marginalized identities in composition, both in the past and present.

Founded by Lisa Michaels and Peter VanDuzer. Bios HERE.

WOMEN COMPOSERS OF WIND BAND MUSIC

A growing list of links to wind band pieces by, you guessed it, female-identifying composers.

Created by band director Ruth Petersen.

WOMEN COMPOSERS OF WIND BAND MUSIC

An extensive database including links to composers' websites.

Created by band director Christian Michael Folk. and Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner.

FEMALE BAND COMPOSERS

A growing list of women who compose for wind band.

Created by composer Jodie Blackshaw.

DONNE: WOMEN IN MUSIC

Many resources, and notably a significant list of thousands of female composers through the eras, along with their websites.

Created by vocalist Gabriella Di Laccio.

BOULANGER INITIATIVE

Promotes music composed by women through performance, education, research, consulting, and commissions.

Created by Laura Colgate and Joy-Leilani Garbutt.

THE KAPRALOVA SOCIETY

A collection of databases linking to women composers, past and present, around the world.

NEW YORK WOMEN COMPOSERS, INC.

A catalog link created by the oldest advocacy organization for New York-based women composers.

WOMEN'S PHILHARMONIC ADVOCACY

Advocates for the performance of women composers by orchestras and ensembles, and presents information that highlights the shortage of programming of works by women.

FEMALE BAND COMPOSERS

A listing that focuses on works for playing grades I - IV.

Created by composer Jodie Blackshaw.

ARCHIV FRAU UND MUSIK

A German advocacy organization that features resources for discovering women composers.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BRASS CONFERENCE

The list of brass works commissioned from women composers as part of the annual IWBC Composition Commission Projects.

MANY MANY WOMEN

An index of composers, improvisers and sonic artists.

Created by composer Steve Peters and Megan Mitchell. Currently curated by composer Dana Reason.

CLARINET REPERTOIRE

An ongoing project meant to promote gender diversity in clarinet recital programming

Created by Maggie Greenwood and Anoushka Divekar.

ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN FILM COMPOSERS

A community of composers and colleagues who strive to support and celebrate the work of women composers through advocacy and education.

MAESTRA

MAESTRA features a database of women who make the music in the musical theater industry. Our membership is made up of female-identifying, non-binary, and gender non-conforming composers, music directors, orchestrators, arrangers, copyists, rehearsal pianists and other musicians who are an underrepresented minority in musical theater.

SHE IS THE MUSIC

A nonprofit organization with a large database that's helping to increase the number of women working in music – songwriters, engineers, producers, artists and industry professionals.

EUROPEAN FEMALE WIND BAND COMPOSERS

A catalog of the results of research by Renata Oliveira at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (The Netherlands).

CORELIA PROJECT

The Corelia Project's mission is to elevate the voices of women and all marginalised genders in classical music through the performance and promotion of their works.

THE COMPOSERS EQUITY PROJECT: A Database of ALAANA,* Women, and Gender Non-Conforming Composers.

Created by Chamber Music America to represent composers who identify as female and African/Black, Latinx, Asian/South Asian, Arab/Middle Eastern, and Native American.

MUSIC OF ASIAN AMERICA RESEARCH CENTER

The Music of Asian America Research Center (MAARC) strives to empower our communities through collecting, promoting, and teaching music created by Asian Americans.

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC BY WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT

The Women's Philharmonic celebrates the vast range of orchestral music by women, and encourage orchestras to program it! All around us people are suddenly aware of long-ingrained sexist practices, and questioning their entrenched status. We work to reveal the centuries of music by women, much of it lost to history due to gender bias – and help provide information and resources to make that music available.

MUSIC BY BLACK COMPOSERS

MBC's Living Composers Directory is designed for those seeking to commission; for performers, conductors, and concert programmers seeking existing music; and for other researchers and scholars of contemporary classical music.

Created by violinist Rachel Barton Pine.

CASTLE OF OUR SKINS

The growing repertoire list of a thriving concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music.

BEYOND ELIJAH ROCK:
NON-IDIOMATIC CHORAL MUSIC OF BLACK COMPOSERS

A growing repertoire list of choral music by Black composers.

Created by composer Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett.

AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSER INITIATIVE

The African American Composer Initiative (AACI) presents the works of living and historical African American composers in concert, shares video of these live concerts online, and commissions new compositions.

MUSIC BY BLACK COMPOSERS: AN INTRODUCTORY RESOURCE

A living document of recommendations from Juilliard faculty and colleagues that seeks to expand knowledge, and build a more inclusive approach to repertoire.

SPHINX: COMPOSER RESOURCES

Sphinx Organization has compiled a list of useful links to composers.

CLARINET WORKS BY BLACK COMPOSERS

Originally published in The Clarinet 48/1 (December 2020).

CLARINET MUSIC BY BLACK COMPOSERS

A Google Doc database.

MUSIC OF BIPOC COMPOSERS IN THE ACA CATALOG

From the Americcan Composers Alliance.

STRING REPERTOIRE BY BIMOC

A working list of pieces for strings composed by Black Indigenous Musicians Of Color.

COMPOSERS DIVERSITY COLLECTIVE

This organization exists to eliminate the music industry's challenge to find culturally diverse music creators, and to dispel misconceptions about the stylistic range of any minority composer.

Created by composer Michael Abels.

NATIVE AMERICAN COMPOSERS

An informative overview of composers.

Written by Gail Wein, for NewMusicBox.

AMERICAN INDIAN BAND MUSIC

A growing list of band works, and an effort to promote music by American Indian composers in the schools.

Created by composer Brent Michael Davids.

QUEER BIO

Links to information about LGBTQ classical music composers from around the world.

LGBTQ BAND COMPOSERS PROJECT

Created by composer and band director Lee Hartman.

CLASSICAL QUEER

A Canadian Queer+ Classical Musician Database. It is a list of conductors, composers, and performers, who self-identify as Queer+.

MUSIC THEORY EXAMPLES BY WOMEN

A database of excerpts and complete musical compositions by women composers. The music is categorized by theoretical concept for use in music education.

A MODERN REVEAL

Resources to learn about the women that paved the way for future composers and performers of all genders.

EXPANDING THE MUSIC THEORY CANON

This site contains musical excerpts intended for use in the undergraduate Western tonal music theory core curriculum. Each theoretical concept is illustrated in a series of examples by women and BIPoC composers.

Created by performer and educator Dr. Paula Maust.

BLACK AND BROWN COMPOSERS
IN LATIN AMERICA

An introduction to the repertoire, and resources.

THE ÆPEX ANTHOLOGY

ÆPEX Contemporary Performance presents the music of rarely performed and underrepresented composers from around the world. ÆPEX ANTHOLOGY provides a working list of diverse composers throughout history.

COMPOSERS OF COLOR RESOURCE PROJECT

A very helpful step towards diverse and inclusive music theory pedagogy, with many resources for music by composers of color.

ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC OF BLACK COMPOSERS

A useful collection of links.

AFRICLASSICAL

A wide collection of composers, conductors and instrumental performers - Africans, African Americans, and Afro-Europeans. 

DIVERSE MUSIC THEORY EXAMPLES

Resources for teaching faculty and other curious people to produce a more inclusive curriculum, by including works of composers who have worked within the common practice who are not normally encountered in music theory courses.

RAP ANALYSIS

Transcriptions of rappers’ rhythms; charts of their harmonic progressions; and studies of the intricacy of their multilayered beat drops.

CURATED PLAYLIST of women wind band composers.

Created by band director Christian Michael Folk. Christian has also written a blog post on this topic, which you can read and share, HERE.

WOMEN WHO SCORE

Watch this inspiring documentary short film about women composers in the film and video music world, from director Sara Nesson.

For more information about women composers for media, visit the Alliance for Women Film Composers.

LISTENING TO LADIES

A podcast devoted to interviews with women composers, including links to their music.

Created by Elisabeth Blair.

LGBTQ+ MUSIC STUDY GROUP

Promoting academic inquiry into issues of gender and sexuality in the study of music.

CHAMPIONING DIVERSITY AND FAIRNESS FOR FILM/TV COMPOSERS

ASCAP Experience: Home Edition convened a panel of award-winning composers who are leading the charge for diversity and equity in the screen music community: Starr Parodi, President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, and Michael Abels, Co-Founder of the Composers Diversity Collective. They analyze the history of screen music's diversity problem, and talk about proactive measures the industry can take to work towards change.

DECOLONIZING THE MUSIC ROOM

Helping music educators develop critical practices through research, training and discourse to build a more equitable future.

THE DAFFODIL PERSPECTIVE

The classical music podcast creating space for everyone to belong. music educators develop critical practices through research, training and discourse to build a more equitable future.

INTO THE LIGHT

A weekly radio program devoted to the finest art music of the past and present composed by women.

CLASSICAL QUEER

The Classical Queer podcast is a collaboration between Sammi Jane Smith & Jacob Edward Caines—musician, two queer people with widely differing interests & experience in classical music.

There are at least four prongs to achieving a diverse musical community of composers, instrumentalists, conductors, and anyone else in the field. The responsibility is equally shared by:

—Those who, through conversation, education, writing, and social media, can keep the realities of inequity in the public consciousness,


—Those who are curating concerts and/or commissioning composers,


—Those who are professionally established, and


—Those who desire their work to be known in the field.

It's important to note privilege: equal access is much easier to achieve with a modicum of financial stability. Many of the actions prescribed below assume at least a basic economic footing in society. If artists struggle to feed and house themselves, expenses like monthly internet fees, computer purchases, concert and conference tickets and the like are further from reach—but not impossible to grasp.

1. PERSISTENCE:

Encourage your peers to join you in using the power of the pixel to raise everyone's consciousness about inequities. Part of the success of the #metoo movement has been the ongoing media coverage, making the issue unavoidable and part of the fabric of daily conversation. Use opportunities to converse, write, and post about the need for diversity.

2. AWARENESS and INTENT:

Encourage those curating concerts and teaching in classrooms to practice intentional programming and to put thought into the lesson examples they select. With greater forethought, their concerts and classes will better reflect the diversity of their musicians, students, and audiences, and serve to inspire the next generation of composers. This is equally the case for required passages and pieces for performance competitions, as well as selections for inclusion on state lists.

For those who work in educational institutions with limiting purchasing protocols, seek ways to circumnavigate the school's system in order to present students a broader selection of music not found on state lists, or accessed through large music retailers.

One fast and highly effective way of diversifying a concert is for an ensemble director to use the power of Facebook or any interactive social media platform to crowd-source! Whenever someone posts a specific question like, "who are the female composers with short wind band fanfares" or, "give me the name of a composer of color who has an anthemic piece under 10 minutes with a big ending," etc., the responses pour in immediately and introduce everyone reading that thread to many terrific composers who were not previously on their radar.

3. ACTION:

Encourage those on the inside of the circle to reach beyond its edges to talented individuals, and expose these newcomers to possibilities of which they might not be aware. Everyone was once an outsider.

When established ensemble directors and composers meet newer composers, they can introduce these fresh faces to colleagues, let them know about opportunities, and encourage them to attend conferences and other events at which they can further build their own networks. It won't be long until those composers are doing the same for their peers. A supportive community is one of the best aspects of our expanding music world.

4. INITIATIVE:

Encourage those who are not yet known to their established peers to take the initiative, and introduce themselves and their work.

Below are a few effective things composers, conductors and others can do that will help them become part of the fabric of the professional world:

—Attend concerts:

Say hello to the participants afterward, and follow up with a friendly, personal email (NEVER a bulk mailing). If appropriate, include a website link, especially one to a specific piece or event that might be of interest to the performers.

—Attend conferences:

Armed with business cards and media to hand out, walk the aisles and engage with people at the booths, go to the workshops and chat with the participants afterward, and participate in social events.

—Be present in interactive online communities:

Be supportive of peers, and avoid posting too often solely about yourself, in favor of posting things geared toward a broader swath of other people's interests. Taking a genuine interest in other people often leads to them wanting to know more about you.

—Get involved with music advocacy organizations:

Join national and international groups and be engaged with them online, and become active with local groups. There is a wealth of knowledge, camaraderie, and potential opportunity to be had through the joy of volunteerism and improving conditions for one's peers, whether or not one's already established.

A word about
unintentional exclusion:

The vast majority of music curators are not intentionally discriminatory — it just doesn't occur to them to have a closer look at their programming choices. Yet a lack of purposeful inclusion usually ends up excluding anyone not already in a curator's immediate sphere.

Think of swimming in tepid water: when the water is about the same temperature as our body, we're not really aware of it, because it's as though it's a part of us. The same thing is true for many conductors and ensemble leaders: when every composer they program looks like them, it's natural that they don't "see" the lack of composers with differing gender and racial identities— unless someone brings it to their attention.

A cautionary word about
intentional exclusion:

What's needed in the music field is the normalization of the presence of composers (and conductors and musicians, etc.!) from ALL backgrounds, equitably represented across the board. This is why ongoing diversity efforts are crucial to bringing unheard voices to the fore.

But in the interest and best of intentions of reversing longstanding inequities, there is a potential danger in swinging the pendulum too far in the other direction when offering opportunity. It's neither productive nor ethical to be as adamantly non-inclusive of members of the current majority as that majority has historically been of the current minority.

True diversity and inclusion is not achieved by completely excluding a portion of the artistic demographic. Embracing discriminatory practices does not create equity, it merely creates another version of imbalance.

The pipeline of opportunity that has for so long shut out underrepresented artists, can be opened up without entirely turning off its existing intake valves. Regulating their throttle bit, perhaps, but not shutting them down. It's not necessary to deprive audiences of new compositional or conducting talents that happen to be attached to White men, when we have the ability to raise up all excellent new voices by rebalancing programs that used to be entirely White and male. Our goal is for the music of composers from ALL backgrounds to flow freely, side by side, and reach audiences with a powerful array of voices.

To this point, even the most well-meaning of curators can risk an appearance of insulting tokenism when, for instance, they opt to create an all-woman, or all-Black, or all-"Name Your Underrepresented Composer Here" concert— if they are not including plenty of works by such composers on their regularly programmed concerts. The gesture rings hollow.

Self-isolation, -segregation, and -ghettoization make little sense when working to demonstrate that every composer from every background is equally excellent (and sometimes as equally mediocre!).

A positive way to present a balanced program is to allow the pieces and the names of the composers to speak for themselves. Well meaning a gesture as it may be, calling out the presence of formerly underrepresented composers on a concert through promotional materials or when addressing an audience does the opposite of normalizing the work and instead, risks making these pieces appear more like a "special exhibit".

Connecting audiences with the music of all composers is the goal. One engaging approach is to gather a short video from, or about, each composer on a program. Use it for PR leading up to the event, and play it for the audience at the event, either at the start, or as an introduction to each piece.

The most supportive statement is made when the music from diverse composers is naturally presented alongside the equally worthy music from those who have historically been the majority. It's powerful for concertgoers to see creators from all backgrounds and periods together. This is what's meant by the term, normalization.

The new world of equal access:

Until recently, the music of women and non-White people was not widely distributed. Concert repertoire remained the bastion of White men, with relatively few diverse composers included in the fabric of the canon. The latter part of the 20th century brought long overdue changes in society, and the advent of the internet suddenly offered artistic and financial freedom to composers of all backgrounds. As a result, the majority of repertoire from non-White-male composers is relatively new.

This presents an additional programming hurdle for some curators: the need to include contemporary music on their programs.

The boon in technology has changed the music world for the better, and offers all composers an equal opportunity to share their art. There are thousands of fresh musical voices of all races, genders, and sexual identities, and many of them are composing works of excellence. Now it's easier than ever to find the voices that speak to us, program those composers, and expose audiences to the music of their own time.

The joy of the future:

Let's keep expanding these lists and expanding our awareness! This growing series of aggregated links aims to make it easy for everyone to experience the diversity of composers and the joys of their music.

We look forward to a time not long from now when the term "underrepresented composers" becomes, "formerly underrepresented composers"!

00:00: Historical context: technology advances assisting diversity

05:15: Raising awareness

07:45: Effecting change

17:40: Addressing bias

21:30: Making choices and expanding repertoire; sharing resources

31:05: What defines "good music"?

41:20: Composing and activism

WIDENING INCLUSION & VISIBILITY
by Christina Rusnak

PLAYING LIKE A GIRL: THE PROBLEMS WITH RECEPTION OF WOMEN IN MUSIC
By Carrie Leigh Page and Dana Reason

#TOTHEGIRLS FROM THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN NEW MUSIC
by Carrie Leigh Page

THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF GENDER DISCRIMINATORY PROGRAMMING
By Emily Doolittle

9 BLACK COMPOSERS WHO CHANGED THE COURSE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY
From Classical FM

THE SLOW SILENCING OF SEXISM AT THE SYMPHONY
By Tom Jacobs

WHO RUN THE WORLD? FEMALE MUSIC INDUSTRY LEADERS CONFRONT THE GENDER PAY GAP
By Ben Gilbert

10 CONTEMPORARY BLACK COMPOSERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
By Audrey Seraphin

THE SOUND OF SILENCE: FEMALE COMPOSERS AT THE SYMPHONY
By Tom Huizenga

COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS EXAMINE GENDER EQUALITY AND COMMIT TO ACTION PLAN AT CISAC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
by CISAC staff writers

OREGON SYMPHONY'S DIVERSITY DEFICIT
By Damien Geter

FEATURING AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE COMPOSERS
From Chorus America

THE HARD WORK BEHIND "IN VOGUE"
By Aiden K. Feltkamp

WHAT THE OPTICS OF NEW MUSIC SAY TO BLACK COMPOSERS
By Anthony R. Green

9 LIVING BLACK COMPOSERS YOU NEED TO KNOW
By Stephen Raskauskas

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL,... AM I PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES REFLECTING ALL?
By Lori Schwartz Reichl

10 BLACK WOMEN COMPOSERS TO DISCOVER
By Jordannah Elizabeth

MUSIC BY BLACK COMPOSERS: AN INTRODUCTORY RESOURCE
The Juilliard School

10 CONTEMPORARY LGBTQ COMPOSERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
From ArtsBoston

WHERE ARE THE FEMALE COMPOSERS IN FILM/TV AND PRODUCTION MUSIC AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THIS?
By Jenny Oakes

WHY ARTIST-DRIVEN CHANGE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW
By Adam Marks

REFRESH YOUR SONIC PALETTE: CONTEMPORARY BLACK COMPOSERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
By Ella Harpstead

TO ALL WHO SHOULD BE CONCERNED
By Dylan Robinson

YOUR FAVORITE SONGS ARE WRITTEN BY WHITE MEN
A spot-on summary video from Samantha Bee.

MUSIC & POLITICS IN THE MOMENT
Interviews with music world activists involved with DEI efforts.

DIVERSIFYING CURRICULUM: REPRESENTATION, RISKS, AND RESPONSIBLE PEDAGOGY
by Cayla Bellamy

ENGAGEMENT!

Do YOU know of a link that should be added to this page? SEND US AN EMAIL to let us know!

Did you catch a typo or an outdated link on this page? LET US KNOW and it'll be fixed!

Do you know of additional composers who should be included in these lists? Each of these links welcomes suggestions! Get directly in touch with the individual curators of these resources, or:

SEND US AN EMAIL, and we'll do it.

SHARING!

Let's keep expanding these lists and creating additional ones. This growing series of aggregated links aims to make it easy for everyone to experience the diversity of composers and the joys of their music!

HOW DID THIS PAGE COME TO BE?

I'm always delighted to see conductors and curators using their social media accounts to ask colleagues for repertoire suggestions from underrepresented composers. For several years, each time one of these inquiries popped up on my Facebook newsfeed, I'd reply by posting a few relevant links in their thread.

After doing this so many times that I'd created a copy/paste template to use for the occasions, in 2018 it dawned on me: I have my own web server and I program my own website, so I have a natural portal to create an ever-expanding collection of links and information.

I asked my dear friend and colleague Martha Mooke to look closely at my various drafts of content and design iterations. Once we felt the page did what it was intended to do, I launched it. All it took was a simple press of a key to give a broader platform to the tremendous effort that a great many dedicated people have put into creating these amazing resources.

It's thrilling to witness the hundreds of visitors coming to this page every month from around the world. Activism takes many forms, and sharing helpful information is among the easiest. It's something anyone can do, from anywhere. That includes YOU!

Alex Shapiro

San Juan Island, Washington State, USA