Designer Activist Antionette Carroll to Lecture on Redefining Design Through Social Justice

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"If different forms of oppression are by design, then they can be redesigned — creating a world that embraces the rights, dignity and power of all," said Antionette Carroll. 

The School of Art at the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences welcomes designer, social entrepreneur and non-profit leader Antionette Carroll to campus.

All are invited to Carroll's lecture at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Hillside Auditorium, room 206.

Antionette Carroll's personal mission in life is to challenge standards, make change and champion approaches resulting in foundational and community impact. 

As a former Ferguson resident, the death of Michael Brown Jr. changed her from a typical 9-to-5 graphic designer to a social entrepreneur, design thinking facilitator, community organizer, and social impact design advocate.

Carroll is the founder and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit social enterprise designing healthy and racially equitable communities for Black and Latinx populations through education and training programs, community engagement consulting, an online national platform, and open-source tools and resources. 

Creative Reaction Lab is creating a collaborative youth-led, community-centered movement challenging racial inequities in the education, media, health and healthcare, and government and public service sectors.

Within this capacity, Carroll has pioneedered a new form of creative problem solving called Equity-Centered Community Design. 

In 2014, she was named the founding chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force of AIGA. Currently, she's the Chair Emerita of the Task Force working on long-term strategic initiatives such as the Design Census Program with Google and national Inclusivity in Design Summit. 

Throughout her career, Carroll has worked for social justice, human rights, and diversity and inclusion nonprofits. She is a TED Fellow and AMEX/Ashoka Emerging Innovator.

The School of Art invites everyone to learn more about Carrollat 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Hillside Auditorium.