Alicia Bell

Director of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund

Borealis Philanthropy

Speaker

To some, Alicia Bell is Director of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy, where they work to expand economic security and power for and with BIPOC journalism institutions. To others, they’re a fitness enthusiast and a real family man. Yet, throughout all of their work, Alicia brings a rare gift for building things that last. From the youth program at Brooklyn Community Pride Center to the Media 2070 campaign for media reparations to their sculptural broom work — every initiative Alicia has helped build continues to have community impact today.

Alicia draws inspiration from their family lineage of birth workers, railroad workers, and land stewards, people who shaped the conditions for life and labor. They bring that same ethos to their work, informed by a BSW grounded in self-interrogation and community practice, and an M.A. in Educational Leadership, Politics, and Advocacy from New York University.

At the root of it all, Alicia Bell holds closely one animating belief: that we can build a world where everyone lives abundantly, with rest, care, play, and meaningful work. Not as aspiration, but as architecture.