Recovering from Lil Nas X's MONTERO music video; storytelling to bring invisible lives into focus; illustrating Indian boarding schools to process intergenerational trauma: these are some of the topics covered in part 2 of our conversation with artist-activists Susan Bin and Ekoo Beck.

Susan Bin, the inaugural Women in Animation Scholar, and her work have  been featured in books, film, TV, and video games. She has exhibited her  art domestically and internationally and serves as a local community  liaison for DFW-area artists with organizations like the Crow Museum of  Asian Art, Kinokuniya, and the Dallas Public Library, among others. She  mainly works in cinema with an interest in horror and queer themes, and  continues to work on projects dedicated to opening up new tributaries of  storytelling and talent.

Iko'tsimiskimaki “Ekoo” Beck is a Community Organizer at Montana  Women Vote, an organization that works to uplift the voices of  low-income Montanan's through advocacy, civic engagement, and policy  change. Ekoo grew up in Missoula, the settler occupied homelands of the  Bitterroot Salish, and graduated with an A.B. in Social Studies. Ekoo's  current artistic endeavors include a drawing project on Indian Boarding  Schools in Montana, a mural installation with other Indigenous artists  of Missoula, and lots of beading. They are an enrolled descendent of the  Blackfeet Nation, are a member of the Little Shell Chippewa (Red River  Métis) and are German American.