Delano Burrowes is a Brooklyn writer and artist, originally from Great Barrington, Mass., also the hometown of W.E.B. Du Bois. Much of his work is connected to Du Bois's concepts of double consciousness and how Black people internalize the idea that their existence is seen as a problem. His writing has been published in The Rumpus, Huffpost, and, among other places and his solo and collaborative art has been performed throughout NYC, including the International Human Rights Art Festival. The Great Barrington Project, his ongoing discussion and performance art series that explores how Black people are seen and translated.

He has studied and taught mindfulness meditation for over ten years and is committed to introducing it to historically excluded groups.

He works as a racial justice coordinator with the Berkshires equity and social justice organization,

Multicultural BRIDGE. He’s also a writing tutor with Bard Microcollege.