Vatic Astahili Tayari Kuumba [V.A.T.K] (he/him) is an artist, writer, popular educator, and father of three children. Based in Providence, Rhode Island, Vatic aligns his artistic practice and facilitation skills to catalyze movement building for racial and climate justice. Currently, Vatic is an Artist-in-Residence with One Nation One Future’s Arts for Everybody Initiative, where he is embedded in Providence’s Chad Brown Public Housing Complex and is the Lead Artist for the site-specific multimedia project, Casa Futura. He is also an Arts Facilitator with One Square World, a racial and climate justice organization, where he applies creativity as an essential tool for policy design, civic engagement, and popular education.  A formative member of Providence’s Racial Equity and Environmental Justice Committee, Vatic collaborated on the creation of the City of Providence’s Climate Justice Plan and the Environmental Racism Resolution passed by Providence City Council in 2020.  In 2021, Vatic was Co-Director and Lead Writer MoralDocs, an abolitionist transmedia project and virtual reality film. Previous Arts Residencies include the State Association of Arts Agencies (2019) and the AS220 Live Arts Residency (2017), which culminated in the premiere of his first theatrical production, A Furtive Movement (2017). Vatic is also the recipient of the RI State Council for the Arts (RISCA) 2018 Fellowship for Theater and 2017 Playwright Merit Fellowship.