Wilkine Brutus 

Wilkine Brutus is an award-winning public media journalist and the founder of Maps & Diaries, a platform he launched in 2018 to uncover overlooked family histories and human migration stories. A fellow of The Poynter Institute's Leadership Academy and The National Critics Instiute, his work has been featured in "At the Vanguard," a history book by the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Brutu's intergenerational workshop & gathering, Preserve Voices, was inspired by his 2018 podcast A Boat A Voyage, which grew out of an intimate interview he conducted with his Haitian mother during her visit to see him in South Korea in 2013.

That one-on-one conversation about her refugee story in Miami revealed a profound truth: most children don't truly know their parents as individuals — a gap that can shape how we understand ourselves, our culture, our economy and our history.