equality

Honoring the Notorious RBG

Photo Credit:: Time

Photo Credit:: Time

We’ve lost a giant this week. A woman who, with grace, dignity, tenacity, and courage has unflinchingly pushed for women’s rights for her entire career. She showed us that you don’t have to agree with someone to have a respectful friendship with Justice Scalia. She was a mom, a trailblazer, and a relentless advocate for equality. Her accomplishments are too numerous to list and the ripple effect she's had on the lives of others is indelible. 

This week I’d like to take a moment to honor the life, work, and heart of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Thank you for everything. 

To learn more about her life and accomplishments, you can stream the following movies online: 

  • RBG – the documentary about her on Hulu and Amazon

  • On the Basis of Sex – biopic written by her nephew on Sling or Amazon

  • And, for some levity, Stephen Colbert on RBG and trying her workout. Skip ahead to 1:10 to get to the interview, and to 3:42 get to the workout. 

Once again, thank you from my heart and soul for your support, great senses of humor, brilliant minds, collaboration and what you're each doing to make the world a better place.

Cheers, 

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Where in the Virtual World is ConverSketch?

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Words from Block Bias after working together on their anti-racism session last month:

Karina, your rendering of our event and programming is engaging and informative and provides the appropriate levels of detail in all the right places. It captures the moment beautifully. In addition, your professionalism was stellar and your creativity and enthusiasm were contagious! Our deepest and sincerest appreciation and thanks to you for your collaboration and support.

I’ve Joined ShapingEDU as the Visual Storyteller in Residence! For the next year, I’ll be supporting the Innovators in Residence and collaborators behind ShapingEDU to help tell stories and share what we’re up to. If you’re interested in EdTech or h…

I’ve Joined ShapingEDU as the Visual Storyteller in Residence! For the next year, I’ll be supporting the Innovators in Residence and collaborators behind ShapingEDU to help tell stories and share what we’re up to. If you’re interested in EdTech or higher education, check out what we’re up to and get involved!

Spring - Nature's way of saying "Let's party!"

I love this quote from Mr. Robin Williams, it just encapsulates the energy of spring and the music of the earth waking up after winter. 

This spring has been particularly full of energy and life for ConverSketch...meaning the blog updates have been thin but I've been on the ground (or the paper, if you will) with several big projects. Here's a snapshot of what I've been up to!

Visual facilitation for the Colorado State University Dryland Collaborative Knowledge and Learning Network:

Partners from Kenya, Mongolia and the Western US visualize their successful collaborative.

Illustrating the City of Fort Collins' Journey to World Class video:

Coming soon to the Internet near you!

Graphic recording the Colorado State University Agricultural Innovation Summit

A lively and challenging discussion on water and agriculture in the West.

Months of planning and research went into the two-day visual facilitation for the Colorado State Forest Service Strategic Planning meeting. All the charts I created are proprietary, but here's a nice shot of the Nokhu Crags, an area managed by CSFS and near and dear to my heart:

Photo: Aaron LaVanchy. Rippin' snowboarder: Spencer Branson

Graphic recording for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Native National Partnership meeting:

A synthesis graphic done during the two day retreat.

Graphic recording the University of Colorado Denver's Food Justice Symposium:

 

There's plenty of other exciting projects in the works, including the launch of a quiet and helpful email sent to you regularly (but not too regularly) for drawing tricks, inspiration and updates from me! Stay tuned!