Equity and Inclusion Stories
![Ellie Fortier's work on display in Pride Month gallery As We Are.jpg](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-07/pride-gallery-isb-neon-pink-blue-acrylic-ellie-fortier-2_0.jpg?h=2e15eb13&itok=kTQMMDp2)
As We Are opened during Pride month and showcased work by a number of local queer artists.
![A hand poised over a game board](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-05/PlayingCounter.jpg?h=189fa33c&itok=2kB3JCQa)
Shey Rivera Ríos and Ruchika Nambiar collaborate with research designers from the MIT Game Lab to explore how games can be used to subvert oppressive narratives.
![Students take a trip to the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, RI](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-05/23ManyVoicesTomaquagMuseum.jpg?h=fcf25457&itok=aIdveZWN)
Many Hands, Many Voices: Textile Histories and Entanglements, taught by RISD Museum curator Kate Irvin, highlights marginalized makers of the past.
![Dorner Prize winner Claudia Peck works on outdoor garden installation](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-05/DornerPeckAtWorkPossibleHero.jpg?h=b385b01d&itok=PxwcVF5e)
Grad students Claudia Peck, Priyata Bosamia and Shivani Pinapotu gain hands-on experience working with museum staff.
![models wearing Navajo-inspired work by Korina Emmerich](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-04/KorinaHero2.jpg?h=9c5ddfab&itok=K32pjmQt)
Korina Emmerich and Liana Shewey of NYC incubator Relative Arts participate in ongoing Indigenous and First Nations Artist Series.
![head shot of Africanus Okokon](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/OkokonListing.jpg?h=e3d16e0e&itok=36CdwN_f)
A brief interview with one of RISD’s Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.
![Dazed logo](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-04/DazedLogo.jpg?h=f4a0e234&itok=PbFZAddq)
The LoveFrom founder and RISD honorary degree recipient is launching a new scholarship program to support aspiring designers in the US and UK.
![a doctor uses the new tool in his mobile phone](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/SayYourPain3.jpg?h=f8b7bb4a&itok=_rur7E4V)
New Say Your Pain app developed in conjunction with creative agency WongDoody aims to improve outcomes for non-English speakers.