‌On June 15, 2022, MODA and friends joined together for a virtual conversation with the contributors of the groundbreaking new book, The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Reflection & Expression.

We heard from those whose work demonstrates how art and design can be used as tools for changing lives and communities, including:

• Maurice Woods, of Inneract Project, an organization that uses design education to empower marginalized students of color and link them to opportunities to explore design in college, career, and life.

• Malene Barnett, a multidisciplinary artist, textile designer, and activist, who envisions a modern black experience rooted in the cultural traditions and practices of art in the African diaspora.

• Terrence Moline of African American Graphic Designers, a non-traditional, industry, and culture-based collective of African American / Black Creatives with the goal of training and supporting creatives in the social and commercial design industries to be professional and unapologetically Black.

The roundtable was followed by Q&A moderated by designer, strategist, and podcaster Maurice Cherry, founder of the podcast Revision Path.