Eryn Trimmer grew up in Takoma Park, Maryland, blocks from Washington, D.C. Nurtured in a household committed to peace and nonviolent conflict resolution, from a young age Eryn had a strong sense of fairness and a sensitivity for all living things. When he was seven years old, Eryn’s parents adopted a two-year-old from Bolivia, giving him the wonderful experience of having a little sister.

In high school, Eryn became involved with the local Food Not Bombs. Food Not Bombs uses food that would have otherwise gone to waste to serve free meals, both as a way to expose the distorted priorities of the current social system and an attempt to directly alleviate its consequences. At this time Eryn also became involved in City at Peace, a diverse youth theater group that creates original musicals based on the cast members’ lives. Through this experience Eryn had the opportunity to process the workings of institutionalized oppressions such as racism, sexism, and classism. In 2002, Eryn was arrested (later determined to be illegally) at an International Monetary Fund / World Bank protest, an experience that would help inform his analysis of the repressive nature of governments.

After high school, Eryn continued his work with City at Peace and other groups working for change, and attended classes at the University of Maryland. The following year Eryn transferred to Earlham College, a small, Quaker school in Richmond, Indiana committed to issues of peace and justice. There Eryn took courses in environmental economics and social sciences, with the goal of analyzing both historical and contemporary manifestations of oppression and environmental degradation.

After the school year Eryn left Earlham, but stayed in Indiana working on an environmental campaign that made connections between the destruction of the natural world and free trade. It was during this time when Eryn developed a relationship with Monica Bicking that would bloom into their current partnership. Before moving together to Minneapolis, the pair traveled in Mexico and Central America in an attempt to create relationships of solidarity between communities struggling against destructive infrastructure of global capitalism in both Latin America and the U.S.

Currently, Eryn is building his skills as an handyman and enjoys biking, good food and dreaming of springtime.

(Charges against Eryn, Luce and Monica were dropped completely by the prosecution on September 16, 2010.)