Apr
18
6:00pm
Speak on it! Redesign our City - 2021 Black Designers Ignite event!
By Black Designers Ignite
Thanks for coming to our first Speak on it! of 2021: Redesign our city event featuring 11 Black Ignite talks hosted by our own Melinda MeMe Anderson out of Detroit, MI. This will be a 3-hour event starting at 11am PST // 1pmCST // 2pmEST.
Tap here to Meet the speakers!
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Speaker lineup:
talk #1: Bryce Detroit
“ROAD WORK: Hood Closed to Gentrifiers”
talk #2: Donna Jackson
“You Belong: Combating Gentrification with Arts and Culture.”
talk #3: Trae IsAAc
“Respect the art.”
talk #4: Emiola Banwo
“Designing our future”
talk #5: Lexi Brunson
“All Things Urban: Through a Creative Lens”
talk #6: Brandon Dame
“Equity in our City through blockchain & NFTs”
talk #7: Yolanda Nichelle
“The Business of Design”
talk #8: Nicole Brown
“Reimagining a Thriving City Built by and For Detroiters”
talk #9: Michelle Alexandra
“Keep Creating”
talk #10: Aneya Raynor
“Reflecting Who You Represent”
talk #11: John B. Johnson
“Igniting Change Starts with Identity”
Between ignite talks our speakers, and our host will come together for a group discussion/audience Q&A expanding on the redesign our city theme through the lens of 3 areas: Creativity (arts), equity, and identity.
panel 1: Creativity & culture in my city (the arts)
Trae, Yolanda, Michelle, Donna
panel 2: Equity & Empowerment in my city
Emiola, Brandon Dame 55, Bryce, Nicole
panel 3: Identity & Representation in my city:
Lexi, Aneya, John
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