Éva-Milan Zsiga

Éva-Milan Zsiga (sometimes also known as Coyote) is a writer, artist, educator, and meditation facilitator whose work weaves together healing, creativity, and collective liberation. For the past nine years, she has shared mindfulness practices through meditation, yoga, and other holistic wellness modalities with communities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, partnering with organizations such as Meditating for Black Lives, the Aboriginal Womb Circle, Lab of Meditation, Watari Counseling & Support Services, Templo, and her own platform, Sanctuary of Self. She holds a B.A. in Journalism with a minor in Anthropology from SUNY Purchase and has completed trainings in Vipassana (10-day silent meditation), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Hatha Yoga, and trauma-informed mindful movement. In addition to facilitating wellness spaces, Éva-Milan teaches art to children in Harlem, using creativity as a tool for accessibility, healing, empowerment, and liberation. Through the Legacy Project, she facilitates guided meditation for people formerly incarcerated and systems impacted, helping create spaces where rest, healing, and community become acts of resistance and pathways toward collective freedom. After her father, who lived with bipolar disorder, died by suicide in February 2020 while facing a wrongful conviction, this work became deeply personal and continues to fuel her commitment to making holistic wellness accessible to communities most impacted by systemic violence. She believes wellness is not separate from the work of abolition, social justice, and decarceration—it is what sustains our capacity to imagine and build more liberated futures. Legacy Project is in honor of the Life and Legacy of her father, Rahkeen Gray. 

Halima Gellman is an international human rights advocate and international development and peacebuilding professional. She has 20 years of experience working with local and international organizations across the globe. Her experience ranges across multiple fields including prison education, gender-based violence, refugee resettlement, women and youth empowerment, labor rights and humanitarian aid. Halima has extensive experience working in conflict and post-conflict countries as well as emergency contexts. She has a Masters from NYU in International Relations and is a certified yoga teacher and conflict mediator. The Legacy Project was born out of her experience working with incarcerated people at Pollsmoor Prison in South Africa and San Francisco County Jail, as well as her personal experience having incarcerated family. Travel and exploration of various healing modalities have been two of the most transformative privileges of her life. The Legacy Project will work to share these tools for wellness and transformation with those who need it most yet have the least amount of access.