Southern Exposure: The Future is Collective

Please join us for a conversation with author Niloufar Khonsari, in conjunction with the exhibition Love Letters to Aliens and in partnership with Medicine for Nightmares at Southern Exposure, about Khonsari’s new book The Future is Collective.

The Future Is Collective offers a practical and visionary guide for transforming how we lead, work, and govern together. Drawing on two decades of advocacy and real-world experience, it speaks to the challenges leaders face in times of growth and uncertainty, and uplifts practices rooted in clarity, care, and community.

Niloufar Khonsari (she/they) is a Bay Area consultant, facilitator, and former movement lawyer with deep experience supporting groups to build more just, caring, and participatory ways of working together. They co-founded Pangea Legal Services, a worker-led immigrant justice organization, and now lead Bala Rising, advancing organizational development, capacity building, and collective leadership. Outside of work, Nilou finds joy in dancing, poetry, the outdoors, time with loved ones, and raising her radiant young daughter.

This event is part of the exhibition Love Letters to Aliens, on view at Southern Exposure through February 7, 2026.