Artfluential

Anything not designed by god or nature is designed by people, so we have an obligation to design more equitable spaces, objects, things.

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Fam! We have the honor of hosting organizer, designer, professor, and author Omari Souza to Columbus to discuss his new book “Design Against Racism: Creating Work That Transforms Communities.” In conversation with Marshall Shorts.

This is about the choices we make every day as designers, the systems we either reinforce or repair, and the futures we refuse to imagine or dare to build.
Souza writes: “To design for liberation, we must first unlearn compliance.” That’s the work. And we’re building the space to do it together.

📍 The Maroon Culture Lab

📅 Thursday, December 11 at 6:30 PM

🎤 Presentation, Q&A with Marshall Shorts, audience discussion, book signing

This conversation centers design practitioners and welcomes all co-conspirators committed to equity-centered practice. Books available for purchase.

FREE RSVP: ARTFLUENTIAL.COM/LABS
FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A COPY OF THE BOOK!!! 📕

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"The holiday must be substantive as well as symbolic. It must be more than a day of celebration . . . Let this holiday be a day of reflection, a day of teaching nonviolent philosophy and strategy, a day of getting involved in nonviolent action for social and economic progress."

- Coretta Scott King

Today is the day! We’re super proud of the work we did creating the branding for if you’re in Columbus today make sure you stop by support and be in community with the people. 12p - 6p on Mt. Vernon Ave between 17th St and St. Claire Ave.