Dr. Dédé Testubayashi was recently on Arlan Hamilton's The Assignment where she talked about disability and tech equity. I heard them speak for the first time at TedX Adams Morgan 2025. A quote from her TedX Talk that stood out to me and has universal applicability is "Build for one, then extend for many." When you design for the most marginalized and most affected, then it benefits many other. Dr. Dédé - The Assignment episode

Truth be told, I am VERY bad with celebratory days, but this didn't escape me this year. Wanting to love on and uplift some of our trans siblings here in the group and remind you all that you are safe here with us today and every day. 💗 @Chris Diaz (They/Them) @Brandyn Gallagher (They/Them) @Joe Cardillo (They/Them) @Liam A Paschall (He/Him) @Danielle Stefanski (She/Her) @Aj Singh (They/He) @Lucie Le Naour (All pronouns) @Margie Banker (They/Them) Special shoutout to the parents of trans children out here putting in that work as well, like @Allison Saunders and so many more. If I've missed anyone else, please tag in the comments. Sharing this lovely artwork posted by Tara Robertson on LinkedIn by Lisa Congdon. Purchase a print here. She also shared recommended writing by Erin Reed (she/her) on substack, which you can read here

Check out Waymaker's post with Black-owned bookstores. https://www.instagram.com/p/DGwUfg9Pcrc/?igsh=c2c2eHM5ems4ZXE5 https://www.waymakerjournal.com/10-best-black-owned-bookstores-visit-2025/

@Lucie Le Naour, we are thinking of you, your friends, family, neighbors and fellow citizens in Germany. As many of you know, there are elections in Germany today (Sunday 23/2). Politics in the US have had a devastating impact on society there, emboldening the worst of the far right and creating lasting and irreversible damage to many of the tenets that had been keeping neo-nazism largely underground. You can check out Lucie’s post about German Politics here. If you’re seeing this, please take a moment to drop some encouraging words in the comments. Thank you so much, AA friends!

Hózhó - the Joy of Being a part of the Beauty of All Creation Dr. Lyla June Johnston's TEDx A Word for this Sunday ... You can't be an Accomplice to the People without being an Accomplice to the Land. The lessons from those indigenous to the Lands and the Ancestors are foundational to our path forward. https://youtu.be/eH5zJxQETl4?si=WvBCMSBDas5HxsDg [ My route to this video is via LinkedIn ]