​“Design(ing) sustainable change and social impact, creating responsible and thoughtful products by transforming discarded waste magazines into original accessories and interiors. Based in Swaziland, all … hand made by local women.
“A founding member of SWIFT, Swaziland fair trade, we are an active advocate for fair trade principles.”

Other Sustainabile Initiatives:

• The Basket Room
• Gone Rural : Swaziland

Life on the Color Line​
“As a child in 1950s segregated Virginia, Gregory Howard Williams grew up believing he was white. But when the family business failed and his parents’ marriage fell apart, Williams discovered that his dark-skinned father, who had been passing as Italian-American, was half black.... Overnight, Greg Williams became black.”

Kerry James Marshall discusses the meaning behind his work “Sob Sob”,  positioned at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"I persist, trying to make pictures that inscribe black existential realities without sacrificing a sense of majesty. I'm driven by a desire to meaningfully provoke others' curiosity, to paint without cynicism. I still believe in mastery; in the service of imagination it can exceed the limitations of circumstance."     
— Kerry James Marshall
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"To be able to touch hearts...is really amazing." I want to... spark something inside people".  View his video "My Hair".

Christopher Emdi: "In my work with STEAM, I focus on art, but also on culture...My most recent project, Science Genius, which is a partnership with the rapper GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan and RapGenius.com, focuses on the art of rap and the culture of hip-hop as the key to engaging youth. Through writing science raps and engaging in scientific rap battles with young people, the art and culture of science is expanded. This is an approach to STEM that is inclusive of all youth, but that is particularly necessary for urban youth of color who are least likely to engage in these disciplines, and yet deeply engaged in hip-hop culture." (New York Times)
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More info on Christopher Emdi