Trudy Goodwin’s commitment to organizing began as a child of the Civil Rights movement to end police brutality and to promote equality in education and voting.

Later, she joined the Black Panther Party and was an advocate for self-defense, coalition-building and a better quality of life for the oppressed.

Trudy has served as an organizer, legal observer, radio producer and considers her most rewarding work that of defending the rights of the homeless and those imprisoned.

She co-founded the Committee for Racial Justice – an anti-racist group committed to dismantling all forms of racial oppression. She is a steering board member of Global Women Strike L.A. – an organization working to bring value to all women’s work and lives.

Through sacred medicine and root healing practice, Trudy works with healers, artists, visionaries, and change-makers to co-create a movement of self-determined people who are ready to empower themselves and resist the oppression of white supremacy.

She is a MFA fellow of Creative Writing at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles.