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about diversity and inclusion. Within this role, she led the nonprofit’s graphic design, advertising, fundraising, and communications efforts. Two of her major projects included (1) co-designing, with the Head of Education and Training, Diversity Awareness Partnership’s Professional Development Seminar Series around diversity and inclusion topics for DEI and HR professionals and (2) designing and launching the citywide “Listen. Talk. Learn.” public awareness campaign in response the unrest in Ferguson. With the organizational staff, she also co-created the community-wide “Listen. Talk. Learn.” training program. This experience, amongst others, led to her current work as a social entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, and design activist. In 2014, Antionette was named the Founding Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force of AIGA, the professional association of design. Notably, within her role, she: (1) Grew the task force to 22 members representing 12 states; (2) Pitched and created the full-time, in-house Diversity and Inclusion Residency; (3) Conducted the first staff diversity training in AIGA’s 102-year history; (4) Restarted the Design Journeys archive highlighting prominent designers of color throughout design history; and, (5) Co-planned, and presented at, the Diversity and Inclusion Mini-Summit, training over 250 chapter leaders on the role of diversity and inclusion within design. Additionally, with her encouragement, AIGA created the first Racial Justice by Design program, with Antionette co-organizing and
assuming the role of online producer for the national Town Hall in 2016. Currently, she’s an AIGA National Board Director and Chair Emerita of the Task Force working on longterm strategic initiatives such as the Design Census Program with Google and national Design for Inclusivity Summit with Microsoft. She’s the co-founder of the Design + Diversity Conference and Fellowship. Antionette also sits on several awards and programming committees for local and national non-profits, including the steering committee for Adobe’s World Interaction Design Day, Sappi Ideas That Matter, Fast Company ’s World Changing Ideas, Great Rivers Greenway ’s Chouteau Greenway Design Competition, City of St. Louis’ Resiliency Office (supported by Rockefeller Foundation) and formerly the founding anti-bias/anti-racism committee for City Garden Montessori School. Antionette also is an international speaker and facilitator, previously speaking at TED, School of Visual Arts, Facebook , Capital One, Harvard, Stanford University, Microsoft, NASA, TEDxHerndon and TEDxGatewayArch, AIGA National Conference, The Ohio State University, and more.
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