Keris Lové is a multi-talented artist, writer, and policy advocate from the Bronx, NYC. She is also a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo State where Keris obtained a bachelor's degree in Political Science. Keris' career started within the NYC child welfare system as a supervisor of a hard-to-place group home. While in leadership, Keris implemented structural changes that promoted the reunification of families. In 2019, Keris joined the National Women's March artist table and organized artists nationwide. At the same time, Keris led the Bronx to historic housing legislation reform, as well as organizing to change campaign finance and bail reform laws in New York State. During this time, Keris curated her first art and activism gallery exhibit in SoHo. In 2020, Keris co-founded NNLB, a Black organization dedicated to black liberation, direct reparations, abolition, and the decriminalization of poverty. Keris has been featured in Vogue magazine and Elle Magazine,  to name a few. An award-nominated songwriter, recipient of four NYS proclamations, and Women of Excellence awarded by Al Sharpton & The National Action Network, Keris is also the singer and songwriter of "I Believe,” a song for the movement featuring Harry Belafonte, other activists, and her mentor Carmen Perez-Jordan. As a granddaughter of Jim Crow survivors and civil rights activists, she has committed herself to moving the baton toward liberation for people of color.

Q: What inspired you to found {business} and what were the main challenges you faced?

My passion for all things art, particularly music, and my curiosity about government and society is how I can be defined as an artivist. What compels man to govern the way we do, and what keeps us from living a more communal life-one free from capitalism.

Q: Did you start the venture alone?

I credit my "nana" for planting the social justice seed, and modeling the importance of community.  My nana was also influential in supporting my music dreams, but my husband was the person who encouraged me to quit my previous career and pursue my passions.

Q: What's your business model, and how have you grown your revenue?

I do not have a business model - it is currently evolving.