Marz Lovejoy
Outreach and Messaging Advisor
Born in the Midwest and raised in San Diego and Los Angeles, Marz Lovejoy is a queer motherof three and a multidisciplinary cultural worker whose identity was shaped by the dynamism of creative and civic scenes in New York City and internationally. Though not an academic, her work reflects a deep, embodied engagement with social theory, community care, and artistic innovation.
Marz operates at the intersections of advocacy, healing, and art—weaving together a practice that foregrounds Black liberation, birth equity, and sustainable community building. Drawing from both nonprofit and creative sectors, she creates projects that are expressive and structurally transformative. Committed to reimagining systems of valuable human connection, Marz views alternative currencies—beyond monetary exchange—essential to sustainable models of thriving and collective well-being, especially for those of us pushed to the margins.
Marz is the Founder and Executive Director of And Still We Ride, an organization and annual bike ride centering Black women, femmes, and girls in public space. Most recently, she launched the And Still We Ride Afterschool Program at the Lower Eastside Girls Club, where teaching biking as a cultural, political, and narrative practice to young students of color is normalized.
Aligned with her commitment to birth justice, Marz is currently studying as a student-midwife under the guidance of Minnesota’s only two Black homebirth midwives. In a groundbreaking act of radical transparency, she live-streamed the birth of her son to raise both awareness and funds for Black maternal health organizations and birthworkers—an act that was as much performance art as it was mutual aid.
As the former Curator-at-Large for Alvaro Barrington Studios in London, she infused the commercial art world with relational ethics and authentic community engagement.
Across mediums and geographies, Marz creates spaces where Black life, joy, and wellness are not just acknowledged, but celebrated—where the bicycle, the body, and the birthing room become beautiful acts of resistance, cultural intervention, and communal healing with measurable impact.