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Jessika Hepburn
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Jessika Hepburn is a community organizer, facilitator, entrepreneur and activist of Black and Jewish descent from downtown East Vancouver based in Birchtown, Mi’kma’ki working to craft a culture of community care and dismantle racist hierarchies of power to support just, equitable futures.