BOOM Concepts Salon [
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11:00am EDT
Design Justice Exhibition
Presenters 
Design Justice Network
Taylor Stewart is a graphic artist currently residing in Metro Detroit. As a creative, Stewart seeks to find and guide others into sustainable understandings of self. Using creative expression as a tool of research, she continues to analysis, critique and educate on the complexities...
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Design Justice Network
Wes is a Detroit based graphic designer, fine artist, musician, and curator. His collective, Complex Movements, creates immersive interactive performances deeply rooted in social justice and movement building. He is co-founder of Emergence Media. He is co-founder of Talking Dolls...
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11:00am EDT
Black Unicorn Pop-Up Library
Presenters BM
Black Unicorn Library and Archives Project Founder, and Radical Libraries, Archives and Museums track co-coordinator
Bekezela Mguni is a radical librarian, activist, artist and abundant bodied femme. She holds an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and participated in the first Librarians & Archivists to Palestine delegation in June 2013. She works as the Youth Services Librarian at Sto-Rox Library...
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Radical Libraries, Archives + Museums Coordinator
Celeste Â-Re is a co-coordinator of the Radical Libraries, Archives + Museums (RadLAM) network gathering. Â-Re seeks to understand how culture, memory, and information workers use community informatics to bridge solidarity and support social justice work. They are a tecnical services...
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4:00pm EDT
Communiversity: Counter Narratives Matter
Presenters WC
BlackLivesMatter NYC / BCB
A native New Yorker, Walter has been exploring visual arts for as long as he can remember. He holds a B.A. in Architectural Studies with a minor in Studio Arts. Soon after graduation from college in 2011, Walter moved to Nanjing,China. Walter aspires to be a social innovator using...
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Black Lives Matter NYC
Kei Williams is a queer transmasculine identified community organizer with #BlackLivesMatter, NYC Chapter. A self-taught visual artist & graphic designer, they assist small businesses and nonprofit organizations with communications, marketing, and social media. Kei centers their work...
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11:00am EDT
DIY Embroidered Patches
Presenters 
Lucia learned sewing from Abuelita and learned to call it Fiber Art from academia. She is the daughter of Peruvian immig, none
Lucia learned sewing from her abuelita and learned to call it fiber art from academia
2:00pm EDT
Pocket Histories: Zine-making to Share Community Stories
Presenters 
The Leap
Jody Chan is the Canada Organizing Associate for The Leap. She is a writer and community organizer based in Toronto, Canada. Her writing explores themes of diaspora, mental illness, and family histories, and can be found in Ricepaper Magazine and the Diasporasian Mythologies digital...
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Design and Communications Consultant
Lorraine Chuen is a communications professional and visual designer based out of Toronto, Canada.
ML
The Built Environment
Marsha McLeod is a white queer writer, media producer, and anti-violence activist based in Toronto. Marsha has worked on a variety of community-based media projects, including HERE, a feminist anthology of letters, and The Built Environment, a podcast about systemic violence in Canada...
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2:00pm EDT
Black Youth Storytelling Through Virtual Reality
Presenters BA
Detroit VR/Digital Destinies
Blair Adams is the leader of the Detroit VR Meetup group. He’s coordinated several workshops, VR Jams, and informative Meetups. The group’s mission is to build a strong, active, VR community in the Detroit area. He’s a former teacher at Detroit School of Arts. He develops VR...
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Producer, Detroit VR
Kristen Carethers has enjoyed a fruitful career in tv commercials and entertainment. Her experience, as a Producer, extends across multiple platforms; broadcast TV, in-cinema, web, and print. Currently she has brought her creative spirit to General Electric where she combines her...
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4:00pm EDT
The Connective Kite
Presenters 
Engineer and educator. Exited to learn about new ways and strategies for teaching and learning through art, hands on projects, and intentional conversations.
Excutive Director, Detroit Community Wealth Fund
Margo is dedicated to creating a more equitable economy in Detroit and beyond. Raised in Virginia, Margo holds a Bachelors in Liberal Arts from Hampshire College, and an MSW from the University of Michigan. Margo has experience in supporting and growing businesses and non-profits...
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Detroit Kite Festival
Katie Hearn is a marketing and communications professional by trade, and a budding community activist, technologist, and fundraiser by trial-- living, kicking, and dreaming in Detroit.
Detroit Pop-Up Alliance
Zoe Minikes is a designer, community organizer, and pop-up food lady. She is a co-founder of the Detroit Pop-up Alliance, half of Peace Meal Kitchen, a co-organizer of the Detroit Kite Festival, and an occasional collaborator with The Work Department.
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Detroit Kite Festival
Matt lives and works in Detroit, and is the owner of the product design company, Tait Design Co.
