Activism 2010-19

Content warning: racism, sexism, violence, language

BIPOC students identify lacking cultural competency around creative approaches, content and placement of work. The divisive presidential election in the midst of documented xenophobia, racism, classism and sexism sparks conversation and organizing around anti-fascism and the role of art in response to our political climate. Global warming and environmental sustainability are topics of concern within the community.

Red to black gradient poster with white text

Paintbrush letterring on an image of Aziz Ansari

Poster with illustration of a black man holding up flyers

Pink poster with illustration of Trump and Cruz

Multiple white posters in a grid on a wall

Trump's head photoshopped onto a chicken

Illustration of a white poster with black text on a red poster

Poop emoji and black text on white poster

Black text and illustration on a white poster

Red to blue gradient printed illustration of person throwing a brick

Not Your Token demonstration, RISD BAAD, 2016

Black Lives Matter free community printing event, AS220, 2016

letter to RISD community, RISD BAAD, 2017
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Not Your Token poster, RISD BAAD, 2016

The Waiting Room, RISD BAAD, 2017

We Demand poster, RISD BAAD, 2016

Black Lives Matter poster, 2016

Beware Twitter: Trump’s mouth Lies poster, 2020

Am I White Enough? Sarah Dahsohl Im, 2017

My Uber Driver said "Xie Xie" to me..., Jenny Li, 2016

It’s RISD. Get used to it. flyer, 2020

Militant Antifascim: A discussion with Daryle Lamont Jenkins poster, 2020

Homophobia Exposed 2016 presidential election poster, RISD Archives Poster Collection, 2016

Racism Is Not Normal poster, DWRI Press, 2016

Not Your Token protest, RISD BAAD, 2016

RISD student-made outdoor Installation in Market Square protesting trump inauguration, 2017

Resistance post-election activism flyer, EmpireResistance, 2016

WISDRISD (White Institutional Supremacy In Design) solicitation posters, WISDRISD, 2019

Trump as chicken street flyer, Anonymous, 2016

This Isn't Us poster on RISD campus, 2017

Trump as beaver street flyer, Anonymous, 2016

Student installation, 2016, (photo by Andy Martinez)

Student installation, 2016 (photo by Andy Martinez)

Shame: Trump, we will never be quiet, United, 2017

Let's Crit Crits solicitation, Project LETS, 2015

National Lawyers' Guild Rhode Island (NGLRI) protester rights training meeting flyer, NLGRI, 2016

La beaute est dans la rue poster, remake of Situationist International poster, 2017

No! Signs of Protest, S. Smith, 2016

RISD initiatives

The Office of Title IX was created in 2011 to provide prevention and response processes around gender-based discrimination and violence. In 2012 The Office of International Student Services (OISS) was created to advocate for RISD’s international community. The Office of Intercultural Student Engagement (ISE) was created in 2013 to promote cultural awareness while serving as a resource for specific RISD communities. Also in 2013, Divest RISD’s initiatives persuaded the Trustees Finance Committee to no longer invest institutional endowment funds in fossil fuel industries.

The SEI Action Plan launched in 2017, followed by the hiring of the first Associate Provost for SEI and the creation of the Center for SEI and Teaching and Learning Lab. A Sexual Misconduct and Safety Task Force delivered a report to leadership in 2018 and recommendations were implemented in response to the #MeToo movement. of RISD’s strategic plan NEXT: 2020–2027 was finalized in 2019, with the first pillar focusing on social justice and equity.