About

Mariah 'Rush' George is a radical black womanist from Savannah, GA (C-POTE!!) where she was born and raised and spends most of her days. She currently attends Fisk University in Nashville, TN studying Sociology. She was introduced to social justice work through the Highlander Center for Research and Education when she attended their Seeds of Fire Living Legacy Tour in the Summer of 2017. Following this political awakening she returned to her home organization Deep Center where she shared her experiences and helped redirect the organization from simply cultural arts to including policy, action, and political education within the structure. She is the acting Fellow for Deep’s Action Research Team, a program focused on using youth participatory action research (YPAR) to build a better Savannah-Chatham County. She now organizes bout the school-prison pipeline/nexus, accessible mental health resources for youth, housing insecurity, healing justice, popular education and political education in the southern grass-roots tradition.