Angelia
Founder & President
I lead WATB’s vision, public voice, and anthology work. I also go live and open desk drawers that probably should have stayed shut. The team would like everyone to know they tried.
We Are The Bear / The people behind it
Meet the people
who agreed
to this.
These are the people helping turn We Are The Bear into actual work. They’re also my friends. Some days that means helping with the movement. Some days that means telling me to get my shit together.
Kayli: Water.Daya: Food.Meg: Meds.
Yes, there’s paperwork.
Board of Directors
Daya
Chief of Staff
Daya keeps people, plans, and the many moving pieces connected. Also keeps reminding me that thinking about food is not the same as eating it. Apparently that distinction matters.
Sara
Director of Operations
Sara handles operations, policy research, and doctrine drafting. I arrive furious about a broken system. Sara helps turn that into something we can actually put in front of people.
Meg
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Meg handles budgets, financial records, and treasury work. She also reminds me to take my meds, because starting a movement apparently did not come with an upgrade to my executive function.
WATB Core Team
Kayli
Community Outreach Advocate
Unofficial Chaos Patrol
Kayli helps welcome people into the movement and connect them with approved resources. She also keeps telling me to drink water. I would like to note that I am being personally attacked by basic biology.
Noah
Technical & Sound Support
Noah helps with sound, equipment, and the technical side of bringing people together. We talk shit to each other constantly. He’s good at what he does, which is deeply inconvenient when I’m trying to insult him.
Jen
Special Advisory Team
Jen is our sweetheart. She brings ideas, feedback, and rally support when she can. How someone this sweet ended up associated with me remains a fair question.
Jan
Director of Quality Assurance
Jan is our undercover OG. She checks our work, catches the shit we miss, and keeps the merch in line. She also has a whole fucking bachelor’s degree in NUCLEAR SCIENCE. I thought we were sorting shirts. She casually dropped that information and expected me to act normal. Undercover POWERHOUSE BADDIE.
Jess
Special Advisory Team
Jess is my thuggish ruggish. She brings ideas, feedback, and rally support when she can. Yes, this is how I’m introducing her on the official website.
Some days we’re planning rallies. Other days I’m on TikTok Live doing show-and-tell with a desk drawer that has everything except actual office supplies. These people keep showing up for both.
Here’s where I get serious
Your story stays
with me.
I alone read the private survivor-story inbox. Board and team roles do not grant access to raw accounts or contributor identities. That trust stays with me.
Survivor rights & consent ↗There’s room for you, too.
Tell me what you can help with and what you actually have room for. You can care about the work and still be a person with limits.