Akilah S. Richards is a writer, an unschooling organizer and podcaster, and a founding board member of The Alliance for Self-Directed Education. She is the primary voice behind Raising Free People Network, a community-oriented project that uses various media and training to challenge and encourage social justice-minded people to explore privilege and power in their relationships with children. Akilah's focus is helping Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities utilize unschooling as a tool for decolonizing learning, and for liberating themselves from oppressive, exclusive systems.