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Kristen Uroda

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✏️ illustrator + civic design researcher detroit/michigan-based • working to spark joy and renew moral imagination through a vision of beauty and compassion • SCBWI member kristenuroda.com

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Feb 9

Hi! I’m Kristen, a Michigan-based illustrator (editorial + picture book) and civic design researcher just trying to do work that inspires people to dream, hope, and imagine a better, kinder world.

#kitlitart #illustrator #editorialillustration #picturebooks

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 2d

We went to No Kings looking for paid protestors. What we found will shock you.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

Resistance to AI is bubbling up among some workers, students, coders and creatives with some placing new value on work that's untouched by AI.

Resistance to AI is bubbling up

The pace at which AI takes off depends in part on its users — and there's a cohort that's just saying no.

www.axios.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

#A_NewHope ✊

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 20

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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Jenn Bower | KidLit Illustrator @jennbower.bsky.social · Sep 18

They also have movies and videos you can check out or stream via HOOPLA. Download the app and connect your library card to the service. Easy-peasy.

wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · Sep 18

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 1

Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 28

There are many, but I feel like I’ve had a special connection with Piglet since a child. 🥲

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Brian Kibler @bmkibler.bsky.social · Aug 22

I absolutely cannot fathom living my life in such a way that leads me to have strong feelings about the Cracker Barrel logo.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 23

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 22

Feels like a good time to share my latest cover for the next Race to the Truth series. Preorder your copy today. 🙂

#illustration #bookcovers #abolition

Abolition and the African American Story by Patricia Williams Dockery: 9780593811368 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: how Abraham Lincoln defeated the Confederacy to end slavery, but the truth involves a vast network of abolitionists who would keep fighting for free...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 17

The joy of seeing your work finally in print never gets old.

Written in partnership with the Kamin Science Center, ‘Scientists Like Me’ is the perfect book for any kid (or adult!) who loves observing and discovering the world around us. Available now!

#science #picturebook #portrait #illustration

Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 9

I’m around! But also very much guilty of lurking and liking over posting 👀 And being bad at posting things on any social media platform in general 😅

Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 9

Excited about this book haul from my latest travels—so many amazing illustrators! 🥹

#picturebooks #poland

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EarthlyEducation @earthlyeducation.bsky.social · Aug 9

a forest of the future is growing in Detroit. using DNA from ancient giants like 3,000-year-old sequoias, David Milarch is cloning the world’s strongest trees to help fight climate collapse.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · Jul 9

#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.

We're at step 9.

The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?

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Olivia Gaines, Author @ogaines.com · Jun 17

#booksky #writingcommunity

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 12

My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.

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Children's B🎃🎃kshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Jun 3

Coming soon: new projects from @kristinsorra.bsky.social @kristenuroda.bsky.social
@hloweart.bsky.social @alleannaharris.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9

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Civilla Detroit @civilladetroit.bsky.social · May 20

When systems aren't working, many say, "tear it down and start over." We see it differently. We believe in rolling up our sleeves and fixing what we have. Public institutions touch all our lives and are worth improving, not abandoning. See how we're making change: civilla.org/why-insituti...

Why Institutions

Designing human-centered institutions. We help institutions examine their complexities and embrace their strengths to function as forces for good.

civilla.org

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · May 20

SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.

Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · May 18

Miss Betti Wiggins—changing stomachs and minds, one child at a time. 🥕

#picturebook #missbettiwhatisthis #kidlitart #detroithistory

Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Apr 7

If you’re looking for a little break from the news, catch and groove to the documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! streaming on PBS tomorrow.

(and yes, that’s my illustration 😉)

www.pbs.org/independentl...

WE WANT THE FUNK! | Documentary | Independent Lens | PBS

Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

www.pbs.org

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Apr 3

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🙌

Today I thought it would be fun to share my latest picturebook, “Miss Betti, What is This?” about a changemaker who transformed the Detroit Public School lunch program. It’s near and dear to my heart and available for preorder!

See more of my work at kristenuroda.com

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