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What patterns of supremacy shape the ways we practice, learn, and leverage design for social and environmental justice work? Activist design collectives like Dark Matter U (DMU) and Design as Protest (DAP) seek to call out some of the institutions that perpetuate white supremacy in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and graphic design.

Join people within and beyond these fields to think critically about patterns of supremacy that we can make visible and organize to dismantle.

The event will include a brief reading and workshop. First, authors of DMU’s Challenging Patterns of Supremacy (2025) and DAP’s Chapbooks (forthcoming) will share brief examples of ways they organize to address supremacy through pedagogy and direct action. Then we’ll work collectively to create zines as a demonstration of an organizing tactic!

Food + drinks provided. Participants all provided free copies of 'Challenging Patterns of Supremacy' and the 'Chapbooks' will be provided to all participants. Suggested donations of $10 will all go to support Matter and their amazing platform!

Monday, June 22 from 5:00-7:00pm. RSVP through our Linkin.bio.

Fully Booked: our weekly newsletter of books and media we've been loving.

This week brings...
📚 'The Lilac People' by Milo Todd
Feature: Trans history with hope for the future...

📚 'Women Without Men' by Shahrnush Parsipur
Love, resistance, and the garden...

📚 'The 9 Things Every New Graduate Should Know' by Brianna Wiest
For those setting out to create their own way...

📚 'The Geometry of Hand-Sewing' by Natalie Chanin
Makers be making! Learn the systems, and explore the possibilities...

📚 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar/La Oruga Muy Hambrienta' by Eric Carle
Your childhood favorite, in English and Spanish...

Find these books in the bookstore or through our bookshop.org (Linkin.bio).

Pardeep Toor's Author Talk and writing workshop, 'Who Says What When,' is TOMORROW, June 7, from 4:00-6:00pm!

Why is it so hard to say the right thing to the right person on the page? Communication is everything—why are we so bad at it? Discover the intricacies of writing clear and effective dialogue in this upcoming interactive workshop 'Who Says What When' with Pardeep Toor.

The session will discuss how dialogue is the essence of how-we-speak and offer concrete strategies on using dialogue to move a story forward. This is a participatory workshop that will provide ample opportunities for participants to practice writing dialogue.

Sunday, June 7 from 4:00-6:00pm. RSVP through Linkin.bio.