Shakeil
@shakeil.bsky.social
I use design to create a world which prioritizes liberation for all oppressed peoples. Cofounder at @aroko.bsky.social
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Shakeil
@shakeil.bsky.social
· May 12
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Shakeil Greeley — Art Director | Designer | Artist | Strategist | Writer
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im available for creative needs of all sorts, from brand development to digital design to social strategy work – ive worked in music, health care, fashion, education and more, and am always looking for new projects. find my portfolio below~
#design #designerforhire
#design #designerforhire
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Take a behind-the-scenes look at our design process and the lessons that shaped how we work today. Read our member interview with @mclc.bsky.social and @nellynkettles.bsky.social, introducing you to our Design department.
www.aroko.world/creative-gro...
www.aroko.world/creative-gro...
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Take a behind-the-scenes look at our design process and the lessons that shaped how we work today. Read our member interview with @mclc.bsky.social and @nellynkettles.bsky.social, introducing you to our Design department.
www.aroko.world/creative-gro...
www.aroko.world/creative-gro...
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on benito, and america
The Deeper Meaning of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican rapper’s performance wasn’t a crossover event. It was something better.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
on benito, and america
exactly what i was hoping to find on the feed
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
exactly what i was hoping to find on the feed
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Tonight! We've been able to raise $600 for Sameer Project, who is still in dire need of funds, but we'd love to get closer to our goal of $1000 before tonight! Come join us!
Join us for "Writing Across Walls" with Sharon Luk and Adamu Chan, February 6, on zoom.
This workshop benefits the Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign.
Register here: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
This workshop benefits the Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign.
Register here: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
February 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Tonight! We've been able to raise $600 for Sameer Project, who is still in dire need of funds, but we'd love to get closer to our goal of $1000 before tonight! Come join us!
wowww hell yeah indeed!!!
February 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
wowww hell yeah indeed!!!
“Innovation without ancestry is amnesia dressed as ambition.” bars from Azeez Alli-Balogun
February 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
“Innovation without ancestry is amnesia dressed as ambition.” bars from Azeez Alli-Balogun
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i love everything Zito writes about current events, violence, love, and growth...
and this is yet another example of his skill at reminding me of truths i had forgotten while showing me something new:
and this is yet another example of his skill at reminding me of truths i had forgotten while showing me something new:
Wrote about the pleasure that conservatives took from the killings by ICE recently open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
The Thrill of the Horrible
On the pleasure that some people take from images of death
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
i love everything Zito writes about current events, violence, love, and growth...
and this is yet another example of his skill at reminding me of truths i had forgotten while showing me something new:
and this is yet another example of his skill at reminding me of truths i had forgotten while showing me something new:
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Check out this new piece by Azeez on ancestry as a living design system, and why creating what lasts means translating what came before into what comes next.
www.aroko.world/ancestry-is-...
www.aroko.world/ancestry-is-...
Ancestry Is a Design System
Ancestry is often seen as the past, but in design it’s a living system. Every form carries memory. To create what lasts, we don’t invent from nothing. We translate what came before into what comes nex...
www.aroko.world
February 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Check out this new piece by Azeez on ancestry as a living design system, and why creating what lasts means translating what came before into what comes next.
www.aroko.world/ancestry-is-...
www.aroko.world/ancestry-is-...
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Check out the latest piece by @mclc.bsky.social on industrial harm reduction, design that puts people, planet, and purpose before profit.
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
Industrial Harm Reduction*
Industrial harm reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with contemporary production methods.
www.aroko.world
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Check out the latest piece by @mclc.bsky.social on industrial harm reduction, design that puts people, planet, and purpose before profit.
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
www.aroko.world/industrial-h...
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Happy New Year to old and new friends and conspirators of the cause. Take a peek 👀 of who we are, what we do, and a taste of what’s to come. www.aroko.coop
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out [email protected] 🙏🏽
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out [email protected] 🙏🏽
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Happy New Year to old and new friends and conspirators of the cause. Take a peek 👀 of who we are, what we do, and a taste of what’s to come. www.aroko.coop
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out [email protected] 🙏🏽
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We’re taking clients now for 2026+ so if you ever wanted connect, collab, work with us, reach out [email protected] 🙏🏽
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Read the latest piece by @nellynkettles.bsky.social exploring queerness as it relates to Frankenstein (2025), monsters, and our access to comfort:
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
Queering Del Toro’s Creature Features
Let this movie, or any of [Del Toro’s] other films, remind you of the comfort that comes with self-acceptance and living your truth regardless of societal norms. Let them remind you of how powerful we...
www.aroko.world
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Read the latest piece by @nellynkettles.bsky.social exploring queerness as it relates to Frankenstein (2025), monsters, and our access to comfort:
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
www.aroko.world/queering-del...
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richiepope.com
been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at [email protected] for professional work
been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at [email protected] for professional work
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
richiepope.com
been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at [email protected] for professional work
been working on my website for months and it's finally up. check it out and hit me up at [email protected] for professional work
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We kicked off our first monthly roundtable with our hot take on design, talking about the chasm between craft and performance. Tap in to read the full conversation here: www.aroko.world/monthly-roun...
Àrokò Monthly Roundtable #01
This roundtable discussion names a growing unease with societies that reward visibility over substance.
www.aroko.world
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We kicked off our first monthly roundtable with our hot take on design, talking about the chasm between craft and performance. Tap in to read the full conversation here: www.aroko.world/monthly-roun...
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SJP is seeking a Creative Marketing Intern. See the internship description here: bit.ly/48XtgQl - Applications are due 1/12/26.
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
SJP is seeking a Creative Marketing Intern. See the internship description here: bit.ly/48XtgQl - Applications are due 1/12/26.
love to talk shit with my squad - come on down and learn about why you should probably start a co-op too
Creative Growth in a Cooperative Ecosystem: A Conversation with the Àrokò Design Department
"Because we're a community that's figuring out how to do business together, most of what we do together is play."
www.aroko.world
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
love to talk shit with my squad - come on down and learn about why you should probably start a co-op too
im sorry for all that nonsense and i appreciate what you do and have always done.
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
im sorry for all that nonsense and i appreciate what you do and have always done.
yeaaaaaaaaaah you did
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
yeaaaaaaaaaah you did
"Consumerism, is however, too central to the rotten heart of the games industry to excise it without killing the thing. This wretched state of affairs is what Keighley aspires to be the voice of, and what his Game Awards is a shrine to."
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Consumerism, is however, too central to the rotten heart of the games industry to excise it without killing the thing. This wretched state of affairs is what Keighley aspires to be the voice of, and what his Game Awards is a shrine to."
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Along with making art and designing for clients with @aroko.bsky.social, a huge part of my practice is teaching as a means to serve community. I reflected on my two years building a community and home in Oakland. www.aroko.world/two-years-of...
Two Years of Clay, Community, and Creating Home
At the beginning of October, the two–year anniversary of the first Black Clay Workshop quietly passed. This coming January will also mark two years since I settled in Oakland—and honestly, it has all ...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Along with making art and designing for clients with @aroko.bsky.social, a huge part of my practice is teaching as a means to serve community. I reflected on my two years building a community and home in Oakland. www.aroko.world/two-years-of...
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Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!