Courtney-Savali Andrews
Courtney-Savali Andrews is a co-founder of Black Pacific Alliance (BPA), an international organization that supports people of two-blooded Africana/Pasifika or Melanesian heritage concerned with anti-blackness, white supremacy, and cultural competencies within our respective communities. Established after the murder of George Floyd as a virtual meeting to share our critical responses to disingenuous #PacificIslandersforBlackLivesMatter, BPA offers programming to further discuss, inform, and affirm Black bodies in Pan-Pacific contexts while advocating for racial and social justice overall. Born in Duwamish Territory, Savali is of African American and Samoan heritage and serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Oberlin College in Ohio.