ABOUT US

Mission Creep explores where grassroots, boots-on-the-ground efforts intersect with the nonprofit industrial complex; where revolutionary ideals get “sold” through grant narratives, and where the best of intentions can, and can not, get reshaped to fit institutional comfort. Hosted by Shannon Knox and Shannon Palermo, Mission Creep examines how philanthropy upholds capitalism and what it takes to imagine and build something radically different.

MEET THE SHANNONS

Shannon Palermo is an Atlanta-based grant writer and fundraiser committed to transforming the philanthropic ecosystem. She freakin’ loves uplifting Reproductive and Racial Justice, shifting power and resources to those most impacted by systemic oppression, and advancing non-capitalist modalities of community care like mutual aid, cooperatives, bail funds, and other tactics. Her academic background is in science and she got her start in the nonprofit industrial complex as a tutor for fellow first-gen grads. Shannon’s worldview, spirituality, and activism are deeply impacted by the geologic timescale. Palermo’s tagline: “I can’t sit back and watch things suck.”

Shannon Palermo

Shannon Knox

Shannon Knox is an artist, activist, and former frontline worker, program director & executive director with harm reduction organizations in Los Angeles & San Francisco. Originally from St. Louis and with working class roots, Shannon brings a raw, informed perspective to nonprofit management and community organizing. Her work is grounded in firsthand understanding, creative expression, and a commitment to centering people pushed to the margins. Whether through visual art or street-level advocacy, Knox challenges systems with honesty, grit, and a soft spot for the unapologetically unconventional. Knox's tagline: "Devastatingly Transparent."

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Solidarity, y'all.