Hey again kids! If you wanna check out the YouTube live stream of our #stateofblackdesign panel for @TXSTCE starting at 7pm central, visit this link below! #blackisbeautiful #blackdesign #blackexcellencematters txstate.edu/commonexperien…

"We, as black people, are often overburdened with being solutions to problems that we did not create." 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 - Sam Adaramola #StateofBlackDesign

Folks, did anyone catch the website for design explorer? #stateofblackdesign

One of my gems I dropped tonight...We dont want a seat at the table. We want SEATS and POSITIONS. And support for those who build their own tables. #stateofblackdesign

"White folks are more afraid of being called racist than of Black people dying from racist systems." "We should be at the forefront of moving our institutions forward not just towards equity, but liberation for Black lives." Project Naptural #StateOfBlackDesign

"There's power and resistance in existence." Jen White-Johnson #ForTinu #StateOfBlackDesign 📢💕✨

"Many of our systems are in direct conflict with Black health, safety and joy." xSteveUrkel Blackbird Revolt #StateOfBlackDesign

“Designers presume expertise when it comes to any problem because we are ‘problem solvers’ — remove that veil and show up for people.” Lauren Williams at #stateofblackdesign

"If you're doing work in a community that's not yours, I would challenge to ask yourself why." Antionette Carroll (she/her) #StateOfBlackDesign

“The people on the ground don’t care about your kerning skills.” Antionette Carroll at #stateofblackdesign I’ve definitely hidden behind my design skills/work as a performative way to ‘contribute to the cause.’ This is inadequate and I need to do better.

#StateofBlackDesign "You can't say #BlackLivesMatter and be homophobic or transphobic or abelist or classist... you can't do that... there's so many intersections..." Terri Moses

#StateofBlackDesign was PHENOMENAL!

What’s the words we can use to describe #StateofBlackDesign? Hopeful. Kinetic. Renaissance. Radical. Community. Emboldened. Emancipatory. Complicated. Disruptive. Entitled. Anticompliant. Dope. Rageful. Legacy-Shaping. to work.

#stateofblackdesign was such a wonderful event. I’m so glad some of our design team could attend together. One thing at a time, keeping showing up, and keep coming back.

I really enjoyed this event today. Glad I was able to share it with some of my students (who I hope watched and got lots out of it). #StateOfBlackDesign

Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours listening to #stateofblackdesign and I learned a lot. Thanks to omari Souza for putting this event together, and to everyone else involved. Highly recommended: youtube.com/watch?v=9pTCMn…

April 9-10, 2021 State of Black Design Conference ——— Our title sponsor is IBM, where work is more than a job — it's a calling: To build. To design. To invent. To collaborate. To attempt things you've never thought possible. ——— Our growing sponsors list: txstate.edu/blackdesign/sp…

I really should start using twitter more often. Hey everyone.

“Make sure you talk about what you’re doing in the places and spaces that you want those opportunities.” -Loren Cobbs #StateOfBlackDesign