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Stop AAPI Hate is proud to announce our latest national report, measuring anti-Asian hate incidents from March 2020-Feb 2021. In the last 12 months, we have tracked 3,795 hate incident reports from APIs in all 50 states and DC.

@ellohope @zoechinonsoene Thank *you* - all three conversation have been great, and we're looking forward to the next!

@contextpartners @zoechinonsoene Thank you!

Enjoyed this conversation between Hope Idaewor and Zoë Chinonso Ene, discussing decolonizing design pedagogy through a West African lens youtube.com/watch?v=YLmz5K… h/t @ellohope @zoechinonsoene

Dimeji Onafuwa talking about the pluriverse, as a "world where many worlds fit" h/t @casajulie ecuad.ca/news/2021/dime…

As the year-end lists begin piling up, we're enjoying coffee whilst reading @odannyboy's Favorite Design Articles of 2020 odannyboy.medium.com/my-favorite-de…

CP Partner and OHOM Board Member, @Balnerie let us know that Open Hearts Open Minds has a new look: instagram.com/ohomarts/

Sending the highest of high fives to CP pal @gritchelle - great talk about values, community and getting paid what you deserve. also, bikes & photography :)

finding interesting things in periphery: @contextpartners/5-things-i-was-reading-when-i-should-have-been-reading-something-else-3eddd6f55db3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@contextpartne…

we're looking forward to this book, but if we're being honest... it's @nadeemhaidary's illustrations that sold it to us: bispublishers.com/rethinking-use…

Shout out to @UprightBrewing for providing us all with a solid weekend playlist: open.spotify.com/user/f3sy49j1a…

O.K. Variety: a community of people exploring the intersections of our identity & embracing the in between - being neither from here nor there. But we need more places that make us feel seen and heard. Places where we belong okvariety.store h/t @Balnerie

We've attended a lot of online panel discussions over the last few months, and this was definitely one of the best. Thanks to all involved!

as designers & researchers, we must embrace the pluriverse: medium.com/future-of-desi… h/t @mamaazure

fighting the mid-afternoon slump with a Fulu Miziki dance party: youtube.com/watch?v=xbAirF…

The complete text of my book, Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need, is now freely available online at design-justice.pubpub.org! If you like it, please do: - buy a copy from an indy bookstore - write a review somewhere online - add to syllabi ty!

Science fiction has always been a powerful way of embodying and exploring visions of the future, and few people did it better than Octavia Butler: uxdesign.cc/what-octavia-b… h/t @cellamonet

The most recent 5 Things takes a more straightforward approach, but it's packed with brainfood: @contextpartners/five-things-36a19136f290" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@contextpartne…

@aigaportland Research focused on design justice, equity and decolonization of design practice/methods has always been of value to our work, but it seems increasingly valuable to the design community as a whole.

@contextpartners We know that feeling well. Any particular areas of focus you'd be curious about? We're looking to prioritize our efforts on what folx are looking for in the community.

What design resources do you wish you had access to?