SPEAK WILD
Reimagine possible.
SpeakWild is fiscally sponsored by Counterpart/ The Field, a nationally registered not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the arts community.
SpeakWild creates arts-based activations and advocacy that support creativity, resource communities, and shift culture. Our work has been at The Teen Vogue Fest, The AWP Literary Conference, and more.
Speak Wild emboldens creativity towards a safer, more equitable and socially just world.
Our events engage communities and contribute to positive social change.
SpeakWild is an umbrella for over a decade of projects in creative advocacy and direct action for social change.
Change the narrative.
Our creative projects have partnered with targeted communities to welcome Muslim immigrants at San Fransisco Airport during the Muslim ban and covered rent and medical care for Syrian refugee families, and launched creative advocacy for these at the Teen Vogue Fest. Our work has launched content celebrating and driving funds to Los Angeles underserved youth’s social impact ideas with Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and Ambition.org ; distributed healthy delicious meals, clothing, and hygiene items throughout Skid Row during Covid, with the support of Dr. Bronner’s products and Patagonia clothing; and more.
Through media, creative workshops, performances, advocacy, and collaboration, Speak Wild emboldens creativity towards a safer, more equitable and socially just world.
Founder Profile:
Founder and Creative Director Anna Goodman Herrick (they/them) is an author, interdisciplinary artist, and activist. In June 2026, Newsweek featured Anna as a leader in LGBTQ2IA+ advocacy and representation. Anna was a guest speaker at West Hollywood Pride Dyke March 2026 and a 2025 Los Angeles Commissioned Artist, creating work honoring Californian Women who Shifted Culture. Medical News Today featured Anna and their book of poetry, A Speaker is a Wilderness for contributions to mental health.
Anna’s work has been featured at the Emily Dickinson Museum; Patagonia’s Earth Day; at the El Paso border with One Billion Rising, curated by V (fka Eve Ensler); Radio Bloomsday (with Alec Baldwin and Stephen Colbert); the Alena Museum; at NEARCON in Lisbon, Portugal; and in galleries, museums, and media worldwide. Creating impactful content for television, brands, and social change, Anna has created for MTV, VH1, Oprah Winfrey Network, Sundance Channel, ABC Family, Sony, and Teen Vogue.
SpeakWild is named after founder Anna Goodman Herrick’s debut book, A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken to Whole (Monkfish, 2024).
“You’ve got to make your own worlds. Whether you are a part of the greater society or not, you’ve got to write yourself in.”
―Octavia Butler, Author
[“Speak Wild Presents Bodies Beloved” in bold black text, with Progressive Pride flag in first “O” and Disability Pride flag in second “O.” Blue roses and petals are around the text.]
SPOTLIGHT ON: BODIES BELOVED
We creatively resource communities to thrive, raise awareness, build community, and engage towards healing, thriving, and inspiring each other together.
Speak Wild encourages authentic narratives that lead to meaningful social change. Arts activations have shifted culture via storytelling, poetry, immersive art experiences, performance, film, and more.