artist, speaker & cultural worker

director of media 2070: media reparations project at free press • co-creator of media 2070: media reparations • convenor of zojo Black wellness project • co-host of venus clapback podcast. creating safe cultural spaces for power building and radical change.

award-winning soul/r&b/jazz artist formerly known as “collette.” past opener for lauryn hill, dwele, amel larrieux, boyz ii men and more. music featured on BET series ‘breakup x makeup.’ Listen to my duet with Eric Roberson, ‘Touch.’

director of award-winning short documentary ‘Black in the Newsroom’ for media 2070 project. this film follows the story of journalist elizabeth montgomery as she faces the reality of anti-Blackness within a major newsroom.

facilitator and speaker on topics of social justice, diversity and inclusion, equity, belonging, juneteenth, gullah geechee heritage, arts empowerment, narrative justice, reparations and Black history. watch my interview with Indie Film Fest.

Collette 'Coco' Watson is an award-winning musician, filmmaker and cultural organizing leader with a passion for telling Black stories in pursuit of juicy, abundant futures. Born and raised in South Carolina and a graduate of Howard University, Collette is now planted on the unceded lands of the Tohono O’odham people, otherwise known as Phoenix, Arizona, where she is co-founder of Black River Life media and arts organizing collective. She is also a co-creator of the Media 2070: Media Reparations Project at Free Press, where she previously worked as Vice President for Cultural Strategy. Collette’s writings have been featured by TIME Magazine, The Black Wall Street Times and YES Magazine among others. Her music has been featured by Siriux XM Heart and Soul, EBONY and SoulBounce.com.