Hey, we’re Tayo, Amelia and Michael. If you’re new, welcome to the Black Design Guild blog. It’s a blog all about the journey of setting up a new programme that invests in the future generation of Black researchers and designers. You can read more about the programme here and catch up on past posts here.
BLOG SIXTEEN: Some random updates
As we hurtle towards the end of this grant period, which will culminate in the Black Design Guild Retreat, we’re busy making progress, in deep design and tying up loose ends. Over the last few weeks you could find us:
- Finalising all of our ten retreat attendees (whoop) 💥
- Having gorgeous retreat design sessions 🎨
- Meeting some awesome senior Black researchers and designers 👩🏾🎨
- Agreeing a group of awesome guests to join the retreat 🎤
- Attending the WATBD / ustwo partnership launch event 🎉
- Becoming obsessed with Puff Puff Ministry 🇳🇬 🍩
- Realising we needed to work on our elevator pitch 😅
- Thinking about strategic storytelling 🐄🦶🏾
- Attending The Collective Scotland session on feminist facilitation ♀️
- Developing a prototype Guild membership offer for employers 🎟️
- Trying to find the time to test said prototype ⏲️
- Getting deep into planning and logistics 💪🏾
- Thinking about team makeup and size 🧑🏾🤝🧑🏼
- Trying not to go overboard with awesome retreat swag 😎
- Thinking about the future of the Black Design Guild Funding 💸
- Dreaming about the Guild a LOT 🌜
- Prepping for the London Funders event (thanks for helping to promote btw, we already have 19 people signed up) 😍
Over the next few weeks it’ll be more of the same. Juggling our obsession with the retreat with the need to keep thinking beyond June 16th. So to be kind to ourselves during this busy time (while keeping our commitment to ourselves to share in the open every two weeks) we’re keeping this blog short and sweet. Thanks for reading 😀
The Black Design Guild Team
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