Devastating, dignified, powerful presentation by my sister Suzanne Barakat at the arraignment of the domestic terrorist responsible for the murder of #Deah, #Yusor, and #Razan. Keep the Barakat and Abu Salha families in your prayers, and support the work of #OurThreeWinners.

Excited to be a part of this!

humanitarian data + human centred design

Today is #Juneteenth, the anniversary of when slavery was fully abolished in the U.S. It took 2 years for slavery to end after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Here’s why:

Join us for the full-year IDP in Costa Rica, where we will aim to combine the potential of the most diverse ecology with thought leadership in design. Merit based scholarships are now available for Costa Rican students: ciid.dk/costa-rica/

This moment captures what it’s like for women in CBP custody to share a cramped cell—some held for 50 days—for them to be denied showers for up to 15 days and life-saving medication. For some, it also means being separated from their children. This is El Paso Border Station #1.

These are concentration camps. According to concentration camp experts, people begin to die due to overcrowding, neglect, and shortage of resources. We saw all three of those signs on our trip yesterday. Another person died yesterday. And those are the deaths we know about.

The cruelty is the goal. It’s called “deterrence” - a policy stance that if our country inflicts enough pain on refugees, they will think twice before believing America is worth their dreams & aspirations. Only policy change can end cruelty, not blank checks to the status quo.

allowed? people having free reign to throw around opinion pieces, legislations, etc, around what muslim women should be 'allowed' to do or not allowed to do is so old. dictating what people should or shouldn't wear of all things - how is this a news headline?

The honorary mention goes to Fahmida Azad with #neighbourly” a connected device that knocks on your neighbours’ wall for you, when they have been annoying and noisy. They built it as a technology that should not be built VIRT-EU #OrgCon19

Judges reflecting on the winning entries to the VIRT-EU Design Challenge at #ORGCon2019

VIRT-EU design challenge panel at #OrgCon19 with winners and judges Rob van Kranenburg Alexandra D-S (she/her) and Dawn Nafus.

amazing to be a part of this! thank you VIRT-EU for the wonderful experience.

At its core, abuses at the border are not about whether some CBP officers are good or bad people. It’s about how our border policies are gravely dehumanizing, & strip all involved of human decency. Once you order people to violate others’ rights, a culture can quickly devolve.

I'm teaching #PeopleCentredResearch with CIID in Costa Rica - and here is one of our fantastic participants chronicling his journey with the course & the experience!

My people-centred research experience continues in Costa Rica where I find signs of a nature trying to cope with its hardship. #designthinking

It’s okay if you don’t protest. Here’s how you can help. Even if it’s signing a petition or donating. 5 dollars from 100 people helps: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#

.@RightsxTech is back in session—Wed. Nov 18th! This time exploring the intersections of algorithms and accountability with Nandini Jammi has left this hellscape co-founder of Check My Ads and RxT organizer Sabrina Hersi Issa. Join us: bitly.com/RxT-Nov #RxT

Maintaining Long Distance Relationships through Virtual Reality link.medium.com/E5dljajofcb A conceptual design project I was a part of 2 years ago.

in the realm of politics, journalism, policy & advocacy - many people's careers are nipped in the bud before they even get started when and if they express public solidarity with #Palestine ask literally anyone in the US who has done solidarity work for Palestine in college