Erica (they/them) is an uninvited white settler who lives where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet, on the lands of the Anishinaabe, Ininew, and Red River Métis peoples (Winnipeg, Treaty 1). They have family ties to the valley of the Saskatchewan River in southwest Manitoba; lands of the Anishinabe, Dakota, Ininew and Métis people (Minnedosa, Treaty 2).
Erica has been facilitating workshops with a focus on sex education, anti-oppression, and creating safer spaces since 2001. In addition to their role as Education Coordinator at Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, Erica is a community organizer, Sex Education Consultant and Queer Parent of school aged kids.
Erica is heart-led and centres relationship building, liberation and joy in their work. They commit to accountability through anti-oppressive and anti-racist practices and work to reduce the harms of colonialism.