CHARIS
CIRCLE
Executive Director, Errol "E.R." Anderson (pronouns: he/him or they/them) manages the programming, fiscal, and daily operations of Charis Circle, and is always interested in the ways our communities can share skills and resources. A native Atlantan, E.R. came to Charis as one of the founding members of the Young Writer's Group in 1997, and has enjoyed helping build connections between communities of activists, artists, and academics in this city ever since. E.R. is lead facilitator of our Trans and Friends adult support group and co-facilitates the Gender Creative Parenting Collective, and the Trans and Queer Teen Game Group, because he knows that when young people receive a strong foundation in justice and liberation, they go on to change the world in unexpected and beautiful ways. When not hosting events at Charis, E.R. loves reading, writing, talking to his dog, playing in the woods, watching TV, and swimming.
To see what E.R. is reading these days, check out their staff picks page.
Email: eranderson@chariscircle.org.
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Saisha Gupta (she/her) first found Charis within months of moving to Atlanta to get her English degree from Georgia State, which fostered her passion for queer (especially young adult) literature that, of course, kept her coming back to Charis. Several years, another degree, and a brief stint as a middle school English teacher have passed since then, and she is now Charis’s Social Media Coordinator and a Bookseller.
Alongside queer fiction and poetry, Saisha loves vegan cookbooks and non-fiction books about niche topics. She is a film nerd, a documentary fiend, and most importantly, a cat mom to her baby Cowboy. Check out her staff picks page.
Email: Saisha@chariscircle.org
Abeo is a poet who loves tea, reading, listening to birds, and crafting. They can usually be found sitting in a pocket of sunlight, following their curiosity down research holes, doing yoga, or picking up a ridiculous number of holds from the library. Their poems can be found across dozens of google docs, notebooks, the notes app, in Frozen Sea, and forthcoming in Dead End Zine. Abeo first worked at Charis as a bookseller and is so excited to be re-joining the team as the Programming Assistant at Charis Circle.
They love reading YA, sci-fi, fantasy, memoir, romance, poetry, and dabble in horror and short stories. Regardless of genre, if it has lovely sentences they’re gonna want to read it.