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kristenuroda.bsky.social
✏️ illustrator + civic design researcher at Civilla detroit/michigan-based • working to spark joy and renew moral imagination through a vision of beauty and compassion • SCBWI member kristenuroda.com
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Thank you to everyone who came to today's #CivillaChats. We had a wonderful discussion on the human side of change, leadership and great questions from the audience. Sign up for the @civilladetroit.bsky.social newsletter to learn more civilla.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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Electronic waste, conflict minerals, and poor labor conditions are just a few issues blighting the tech industry. Here’s how to shop more sustainably. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

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May Day is a day where we celebrate workers. On this day, we mobilize with unions and grassroots organizations accords the country: We stand with Immigrants, we stand with workers. We stand united. #50501movement #mayday #maydaystrong

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EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

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If you’re looking for a little break from the news, catch and groove to the documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! streaming on PBS tomorrow. (and yes, that’s my illustration 😉) www.pbs.org/independentl...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I know things are *waves hand* but if you're looking for a bright spot in your day, please check out the #KidLitArtPostcard tag today. Everyone there is trying to make their best for kids, and there's something really good about that, ya know? ❤️📚

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It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🙌 Today I thought it would be fun to share my latest picturebook, “Miss Betti, What is This?” about a changemaker who transformed the Detroit Public School lunch program. It’s near and dear to my heart and available for preorder! See more of my work at kristenuroda.com

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She’s got my vote. 💪

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1/ I’ve been going harder on doing life with minimal social media but even in my brief check-ins, one name kept popping up on my feed: Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow. Curiosity finally won out, and I saw she was doing a signing for her new book “Hate Won’t Win.” So I went. 🙂 (🧵) #illustration

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Hayao Miyazaki, who said AI is an "insult to life itself," would probably hate all the AI-generated art ripping his studio's style that people in the AI industry are now obsessed with www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...

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SAVE YOUR LIBRARY! Your library is more than just books—it’s the heart of your community—a place of learning, discovery, and connection for all ages. But now, it’s at risk. A recent executive order issued by President Trump takes away vital funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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I am working out of a public library and there are a good number of people who seem to be on hard times using the facilities for various reasons like job searching, entertainment, charging peripherals, using the bathroom, etc., and I am struck by how important it is that libraries continue to exist

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The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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1/ It was a bright, sunny 40º day— what we call balmy in the Midwest—as I stood in line with 9,000 others outside a high school in Warren, Michigan, for Bernie Sanders’ “Fight the Oligarchy” rally. Here’s what I saw. (🧵) #reportageillustration #civicengagement #berniesanders #illustration

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

My first #KidLitArtPostcard day! ☺️ I’m Kristen, and I enjoy creating vibrant illustrations that inspire people to dream, hope, and imagine a better, kinder world. Here’s a spread from my debut picture book, 'Can We Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers.’ ⭐️ See more at kristenuroda.com

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Happy World Book Day!

submitted 51 days ago • 15 comments

Bernie is right. No more playing dead. No more running to the center. Sincerely, Someone who has watched you do this after every election loss the past 50 years.

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