Feb
19
Lectures and Workshops

Building Black-Led Social Initiatives

Friday, February 19, 2021
through
Friday, February 19, 2021

10:00 am - 11:30 am Add to Calendar



Shakeil Greeley, Mitzi Okou, Sola Biu and Azeez Alli
Join with Mitzi Okou, founder of Where are the Black Designers?, Shakeil Greely co-founder of Design to Divest and Sola Biu, founder of the Breathing Room Coalition, in conversation with Azeez Alli, about leading change by building new networks and communities. The discussion will explore insights from mission driven organizations activating collaboration and partnership across institutions to drive equitable change.

Critical Discourse in Design
A forum on design and its social implications highlighting People, Pedagogy and Practice to infuse the greater design, education and technology communities through critical discourse on ways to divest design from inequitable systems, and foster the conditions for equitable learning and practice.

Presented by The Toyota Motor Corporation Endowed Series

Artwork by Kristen Stain (BA Illustration 2017)