Mabel Negrete (CNS), Indigenous Peoples' Day Philly Inc.

Mabel Negrete (CNS) is the cofounder of Indigenous Peoples' Day Philly Inc and serves as the Executive Director and Interim Chair of the Board. CNS is Native Chilean of Picunche-Inca Heritage and migrated to Turtle Island over 32 years ago. CNS is also an artist, activists, educator and entrepreneur. As an artist she is known as CNS which stands for the Counter Narrative Society (CNS) | Studio CNS which is a transdisciplinary artist-activist unit that focuses on decolonization, building community and the abolition of the Invisible Punishing Machine. CNS has founded SPARKmakers LLC, and co-founded the Indigenous 215 Collective, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, The Mobile Futures Institute and other social initiatives. CNS holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master of Science in Art, Culture and Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).