Quiet Lightning hosted a 14 year anniversary party, celebrating 3 years of Better Ancestors and the publication of sPARKLE & bLINK 116, at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco on Dec 14, 2023, 14 years to the date of the first QL. Featuring, in order of appearance:

• ayodele nzinga
• Dr. Jeanne Powell
• J. Miakoda Taylor
• Briana Grogan
• Griffin Jing
• Kevin Madrigal Galindo
• Josiah Luis Alderete
• Amanda Muñiz
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• Kevin Dublin
• Charles Kruger
• D.S. Black
• Anastasia Le
• Amy Smith
• Griffin Jing
• Kevin Madrigal Galindo
• Andrew Paul Nelson
• Evan Karp

Featured photo is of Anastasia Le

Better Ancestors was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.

Read more about the series here.