Image Description: Rectangular banner with Marigold background. (top left) series of small teal arrows that guide eye to a larger circle with teal border and black background. Within the circle marigold text reads: “Annual Theme Weaving”, Below in a marigold horizontal rectangle with rounded corners black text reads: “Registration Open!” Below this rectangle is marigold text that reads “March 25th, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT-05) Below the circle (bottom-left corner) there is another series of small teal arrows. There is a larger single teal arrow, a purple arrow and pink, that lead the eye from the large circle to a pink flow with a marigold center. (Top-Left) Two pink arrows guiding from top to pink flower.
Registrations Open!
Event Description:
DJN’s Inaugural Theme-Weaving Event, Saturday, March 25th, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. UTC-04 (EDT)
You must be a paid member of the network to attend this event. Not a member of DJN? Read the Design Justice Principles to learn more about joining the Network.
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Registration for the Design Justice Network’s Inaugural Theme-Weaving Kick-off event is open! This digital gathering sets a stage for ongoing connection between the practices that ground us as a Network and the dreams that inspire us to design liberatory experiences for all. This series is for members and will culminate in a Design Justice Theme that informs how we embody Design Justice throughout the year. Our kick-off event will give members a chance to reflect by using the following questions as a guide:
💡 What is the moment we are living in?
🌊 What do we have the power to shift?
🌻 What can we grow together from our gathering?
During the event, we will hear from leaders within and outside of our network to inspire our conversations. Be sure to look out for our coming Speaker Announcement! Everyone will get to share via breakout rooms and the space held for communal reflection. Leaving this initial event, we will have developed a shared vision of commitments and interests as we move forward into the year.
Speakers:
Image of “Denise Shanté” framed by pink flower pedals. Caption text included as visual elements features the topic (Annual Theme Weaving Speaker, Denise Shanté (She/Her), presenting “design as a process of care” and time (March 25th, 12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. est, Registration Open! Link in Bio)
presenting, design as a process of care
Denise Shanté Brown (website here) (she/her) is a queer, sober and disabled holistic design strategist, creative co-conspirator and intuitive writer. As the daughter and granddaughter of poets, teachers, sacred space builders and caregivers, her heartwork lies in designing communal spaces and experiences where communities can nurture their dreams for care, healing and justice into existence. Known for being a facilitator of the magical and meaningful, Denise Shanté is also a published writer of words, previous Steering Committee Member and current Care Pod Lead with the Design Justice Network, Weaver at the Center for Liberatory Practice & Poetry, and the Founding Director of Black Womxn Flourish. She takes delight in channeling her gifts to guide the process of transformation with groups focused on collaborative creativity and collective liberation. That pleasure is rooted in over 10 years of expanding her perspective of design and bridging design’s relationship to healing, body knowledge, ritual, and radical imagination. Denise Shanté approaches her multi-passionate practice with an unapologetic dedication to designing futures with the tender power of care and (re)imagining how we can collectively gather to rest, dream, build, and write new worlds. Image Caption: A square graphic with a marigold background and teal border at the bottom.
Image Caption: A square graphic with a marigold background and teal border at the bottom. Image of “Sage Crump” framed by pink flower pedals. Caption text included as visual elements features the topic (Annual Theme Weaving Speaker, Sage Crump, presenting “Designing the culture we deserve” and time (March 25th, 12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. est, Registration Open! Link in Bio)
presenting, design as a process of care
Sage Crump is a culture strategist, coach, artist and facilitator who expands and deepens the relationship between the cultural sector and social justice organizing. Sage is a member of Complex Movements, a Detroit-based artist collective whose interdisciplinary work supports local and translocal visionary organizing. She is principal and co-founder of The Kinfolks Effect (TKE) with artist muthi reed. TKE is an incubation space for multimedia interdisciplinary artwork that examines the movement of Blackness through time and space. She is the Director of racial justice and movement building at the National Performance Network and holds the position of Architect at the Emergent Strategies Ideation institute. She is a member of the Guild of Future Architects, and a board member with the Center for Cultural Innovation, Alternate ROOTS and Mark-n-Sparks. Sage’s work incorporates complex sciences, emergent strategy and creative practice to imagine the world we want to live in and build strategies and practices that will get us there.
Screenings: Not able to make it on the 25th? No problem!
Continuing with the series of events we will host two subsequent screenings on April 8th. Our hope for these screening is to create space for the breadth of our network, which spans over many time zones.
The first screening will run from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. UTC-05 (EST) for those in timezones UTC-3 - UTC+3
The second screening will run from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. UTC-05 (EST) for those in timezones UTC+8 - UTC-8
You can register for these screenings using the link on the kick-off event page. During this screening will come together to view the presentations from the initial event. Members will still be able to participate in breakout rooms and a larger group reflection.
We will announce ways to plug in and plans for the rest of the series at the Kick-Off event!
📣 Register with this Zoom link 🎉
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Registration is required to receive a Zoom link!
Accessibility: We will be providing ASL interpretation and Live Transcription via Zoom for these events. The Agenda will be sent out to registrants prior to the event.
Additional timezone conversions for this event:
7:00 am UTC-10 (HST)
8:00 am UTC-9 (MART)
9:00 am UTC-8 (PST)
10:00 am UTC-7 (MST)
11:00 am UTC-6 (CST)
1:00 pm UTC-4 (VET)
2:30pm UTC-3:30 (NST)
2:00 pm UTC-3 (ART)
3:00 pm UTC-2 (GST)
4:00 pm UTC-1 (CVT)
5:00 pm UTC+0 (GMT)
6:00 pm UTC+1 (CET)
7:00 pm UTC+2 (EET)
8:00 pm UTC+3 (MSK)
8:30pm UTC+3:30 (IRST)
9:00 pm UTC+4 (GST)
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