IMAN BENET

Artist, Writer, and Human Rights Activist, Iman Benét has devoted her life to creating social action through art and storytelling. As a proud Oakland native, and recent Los Angeles transplant, Iman's focus is on reimagining a more thoughtful and generous way of existing that is equitable and regenerative for all. Through the lens of food, healing, and environmental justice Imán aims to effectively activate and empower local communities by sharing stories, advancing social education, and creating space for conscious conversation that leads to real change. Iman's cookbook based on her Alive Again vegan foodie brand is coming soon.

“In my life, a certain kind of seeking has emerged. It’s a seeking for stories and ideas and rhythms that resist and yet, also, transform. For me, my work is not about naming the world’s many ills, but it is not about escapism, either. It’s about imagining a more beautiful, thoughtful, generous way of existing that is neither hopeless nor instrumental but is instead thoughtful and questioning and open.

My work is about beauty, and poetry, and becoming; it is spiritual in that it addresses the inner life, but the position is firmly rooted in the logical and the explicit. My hope is that my stories will give my readers practical tools to bring them one step closer to their own inherent truth and move us forward along the path towards our collective evolution, one meal at a time.”

Iman is repped by Felice Laverne.