Neesha Powell

Neesha Powell is a 2026-2027 Waging Nonviolence Fellow. She is a coastal Georgia-born-and-raised journalist, essayist, writing educator and cultural organizer living in Atlanta/traditional Muscogee territory. Her writings have been published in Oxford American, Prism, Scalawag and Southlands, among others. Her award-nominated debut book, Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast, recovers undertold Black history alongside personal and family stories.