Miko Brown

MIKO BROWN has worked with nonprofit and governmental organizations over the past 15 years to help foster a more just and compassionate world in partnership with individuals and communities throughout the United States. Miko’s work is grounded in the emergent process of fostering communities of care and counter-oppressive practice that affirm and honor the lives of all beings and center the experiences of those who are Black, Brown, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA+. Miko’s past experience includes work in the realm of national service with AmeriCorps, farmed animal sanctuaries, community building, community learning, social justice and equity programming, facilitation, and mental health and wellness work. Miko operates an organization offering hypnosis and support sessions that incorporate a psychotherapeutic process known as Focusing. Miko received a Master’s Degree in Social Change and has contributed writing to the anthology Veganism of Color: Decentering Whiteness in Human and Nonhuman Liberation edited by Julia Feliz and the anthology Vegan Entanglements: Dismantling Racial and Carceral Capitalism edited by Z. Zane McNeill. The story of Miko’s work is also featured in the book A Better World Starts Here: Activists and Their Work by Stacy Russo. Additionally, Miko has supported and facilitated workshops and programming at various contemplative organizations including the Courage of Care Coalition, Namchak Foundation, and the Effortless Mindfulness Institute. Miko feels passionate about social justice and equity, fostering counter-oppressive communities, collective care and healing, Self-love in action, and contemplative and liberatory practices for the benefit of all beings and our planet.