I’m so excited and proud to announce my book Decolonizing Design: Reclaiming Our Sacred Personhood and Creating New Worlds has been acquired and will be published by The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social.  Read more here: mitpress.mit.edu/blog/book-deal…

telling you I’m proud of Aida and excited for her book feels like a gross understatement. please like, RT, share, and follow for now - and then preorder, purchase, and read this with me when it’s time #ironsharpensiron

It's been great getting to know Aida this year and i'm so excited for us to be able to read and own a piece of her brilliance!

Aida We are so so excited to work with you on this important project. #DecolonizingDesign

👇This may be one of the most important #design books we publish in the coming months and years. #DecolonizingDesign or do you prefer the active #DecolonizeDesign

A singular influence on my thinking this year and I’m hype to hear the full story. Congrats Aida & The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social on this timely work!

I must confess, though, that I sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals […] my editor says, ‘Would you stop this beauty business.’ And I say, ‘Wait, wait until I tell you about these ants.’ —Toni Morrison

Reviewed derecka's Becoming Abolitionists for Stanford Social Innovation Review Winter Print Edition. Check it out here: ssir.org/books/reviews/…

“In ‘Becoming Abolitionists,’ derecka argues for abolition through describing her own journey to this political view—that police reform is not enough.” Read Aida’s review in SSIR’s Winter 2022 issue. ssir.org/books/reviews/…

May today be filled with gratitude and joy for food, friends and family. May it also be filled with mourning for deceit, theft, torture, exploitation and murder so that “thanksgiving” can exist.

bell hooks will always be with us! May she join the land of the ancestors and rest easy knowing we will continue her loving legacy.

8/ “DEI has been woefully insufficient in addressing the individual and institutional challenges in workplaces—particularly assaults to personal dignity,” argues Aida. #DEI #TopTen2021 ssir.org/articles/entry…

What SSIR article grabbed your attention in 2021? Here’s a look at our most popular pieces from authors including Autumn McDonald, Anne Wallestad, kevin starr, Yasemin Saltuk Lamy, Christina Leijonhufvud, Nick O'Donohoe, @hanstap, @AudenSchendler, & Aida. ssir.org/articles/entry…

The table metaphor is tired. I am not dreaming and working for a seat at a table that regularly has my humanity on the menu. Read more in my latest piece in Stanford Social Innovation Review ssir.org/articles/entry…

“We should design our gathering spaces so that everyone can experience that same belonging, dignity, justice, and joy from the outset.” Aida examines the table metaphor that’s often used in conversations around #DEI. ssir.org/articles/entry…

Kindred Creation has received advance praise from Angela Davis, Nikki Giovanni, Marc Lamont Hill, Robin D.G. Kelley, Anna Malika Tubbs, Angela Flournoy, Fania Davis, Ericka Huggins, Patty Krawec, Kyle Mays, Michael Tubbs, Jessica McKay, & Daniel Sayers. rep.club/products/kindr…

'You not a colleague, you a colonizer' Kendrick Lamar NeLLnOtHiNG Dave Free Thank you for bringing us to witness your genius and to experience what is means to love (ALL) Black people unconditionally.