About

Erika Lucille Ewing is an artivist, consultant, speaker, and cultural architect whose work lives at the intersection of art, activism, and civic life. A proud Smith College alumna and MFA graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, she has spent 25 years building movements, institutions, and programs that use creativity as a tool for justice.

From serving as Chief of Staff of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York to co-producing the historic Black Lives Matter mural on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, from performing at the Apollo alongside Angela Davis and Nikki Giovanni to advocating for trauma-informed discovery laws in New York State — Erika has consistently shown up where the work is most urgent.

Her fashion activism brand Got To Stop LLC has been featured in Vogue.com, recognized by NBCOUT, and cited in the Psychology of Radical Healing Syllabus as a tool for liberation and healing. She is the subject of two documentaries — Color Is Not Crime and An American Street Mural In Harlem — and a union actor and voiceover artist, proud member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

As a curriculum developer, educator, and facilitator, Erika has created programs that have reached schools and communities across New York City and beyond. As a consultant and speaker, she brings 25 years of lived experience and documented impact to every engagement.

She is also a cultural essayist. Her column Passing Time examines what we watch when we think we're just watching — and what those stories say about us.