Press, Media and Mentions

︎ Links below to Press, Media Features and Appearances ︎


Juxtapoz Magazine ︎ Jen White-Johnson: Mothering as an Act of Resistance
July 05, 2023 | in Design
Interviewed by Iris Xie

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︎ What Will It Take? Dismantling Ableist Visual Culture by Centering Black and Disabled Narratives

The 3% Conference 2021, A Decade of Difference November 2-3, 2021 Atlanta, Georgia|


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︎  Symposium—Conversations on Access and Design
Bard Graduate Center
March 18, 2022 | Conversations on Access and Design: The Horowitz Book Prize Symposium


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︎ Disability Rights + Disability Justice | Lydia X.Z. Brown and Jen White-Johnson
Nov 21, 2022 | In the third episode of The Adjustable Table, Lydia X. Z. Brown, Jen White-Johnson, and Susan Mazrui discuss disability rights and disability justice.
Create.Connect.Amplify. Designing with Disability Inclusion, Goethe-Institut Washington D.C.
Feb 25, 2022 | Create.Connect.Amplify. presents stories of urgent and creative problem-solving, creates a place to talk about how designers and design's rigorous research and dedication to efficacy can address pressing problems of our current world, and shares inspiring stories of design's power to achieve radical and far-reaching change.


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︎  State of Black Design 2022 | Panel | Amplifying Accessibility & Abolishing Ableism
March 2022 | Amplifying Accessibility & Abolishing Ableism: Designing to embolden Disability Visual Culture: Moderated by Jen White-Johnson,
Featured Panelists: Andraea LaVant- Disability Advocate, Communications consultant, LaVant Consulting, Vivianne Castillo - Founder at Hmnty Cntrd, Humanity in Tech Advocate-Warrior, Regine Gilbert - Designer, Educator, Author, NYU Tandon School. Topic of discussion Holding space for Disability Design Justice in the Black Design Community,Anti Blackness and Anti Ableism in the Design Community, Equitable and Accessible Design in the Black Design Community. 

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︎ Jen White-Johnson — Advocating and Uplifting Joy. Ep14
Works in Process Podcast
Oct, 2021 | Our guest, Jen White-Johnson a Designer, Photographer, Art Activist, and Art Educator. She teaches as an Assistant Professor of Visual Communication at Bowie State University (HBCU) where her work focuses on the intersection of content and caregiving with an emphasis on redesigning ableist visual culture. It’s for her advocacy and her artistic impact that I have on the podcast, and I hope you enjoy the candid nature in which we discuss her artistic voice and how visuals help advance the conversation around black and brown disabled voices.

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︎ MPT DIGITAL STUDIOS
Voices of Baltimore: Black Disabled Lives

Baltimore artist creates viral poster used in protests across several continents.
Aired: 07/23/20


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︎ ︎ Starbucks Global Academy
Third Place Development Series: Disability Justice with Jennifer White-Johnson

This series focuses on Disability Justice with Jennifer White-Johnson, parent, advocate, artist. We will discuss intersectionality of neurodivergence in marginalized groups.

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 Latina Magazine 
︎ Q&A: Illustrator Jennifer White Johnson Brings Disability Justice to Creative Culture
Oct 2021 | SELF CREATOR SPOTLIGHT
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︎ World Institute on Disability 
12 Black Disabled Activists and Advocates You Need to be Following

Feb 21, 2023 | By Charlotte Stasio
Centering the stories of Black disabled people is essential to achieving our vision of a world in which people with disabilities live freely, where access, inclusion, equity, and resilience are embedded throughout every global community. We are proud to highlight Black disabled activists and advocates who are currently making waves in social justice. Here are 12 Black Disabled Activists and Advocates you need to be following.

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For Jennifer White-Johnson, AI is a platform for activism
Adobe Blog
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November 17, 2023
by Rani Mani

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︎  Deem Journal Forum Session Two: Neurodiversity
Jan 27, 2022 | Session Two will examine the concept of neurodiversity and its implications in shaping the conditions for equity. This discussion will feature guests Jezz Chung and Jen White-Johnson, and will be moderated by Dr. Yewande Pearse.


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︎ Jen White-Johnson: Why Joy Must Be the Center of Disability Narratives
Disability & Philanthropy Forum
Apr 13, 2023 | Disabled artist, designer, educator, and activist Jen White-Johnson discusses ableist stigma in education and why she prioritizes disabled and neurodivergent joy in in her art, activism, and personal life.︎ Black Collagists: The Book | With Teri Henderson
Moderated by Jen White-Johnson
Society of Design Arts | AIGA Baltimore | Stevenson University | February 28th, 2022
The Society of Design Arts (SoDA), AIGA Baltimore and Stevenson University held an online conversation about “Black Collagists: The Book” with Teri Henderson, followed by a Q&A session moderated by Jen White-Johnson.

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︎  Longmore Lecture in Disability Studies: Scholar-Activisim in 2021
March 29, 2021 | Each year, the Longmore Lecture in Disability Studies hosts a speaker who continues Paul Longmore's legacy of scholar-activism. This year's event featured a panel discussion with Aimi Hamraie, Liat Ben-Moshe, and Jen White-Johnson, moderated by Milton Reynolds Together, these speakers discussed disability justice in and outside of academia, scholar-activism in the pandemic, and more.


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A PHOTOVILLE EDUCATOR LAB WORKSHOP
Photoville EDU Lab | Disability / Visibility
Disability / Visibility ResourcesProduced by Photoville Education in partnership with PhotoWings
︎ ︎ Watch Highlights from the day
https://photoville.com/projects/disability-visibility/
Nov, 17, 2022

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︎  Autism In Black
Episode 19: Mom Spotlight with Jen White Johnson

Aug, 2020 | Today we are joined by Jen White-Johnson for a mom spotlight. Jen and I have a very candid conversation surrounding raising a child with a disability when you have a disability yourself. We talk about ableism and its impacts and Jen also gives some great resources that you can use to educate yourself.

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︎ Jennifer White-Johnson // Activating the Narrative of Creative Resistance // 2019
Design Plus Diversity Conference Presenter
The Design + Diversity conference explores proactive ways to make the design industry more diverse. This is the only conference that focuses on diversity issues in the design field. This event provides a platform for constructive conversation among those who design, innovate, and lead. We welcome the perspective of diversity and inclusion professionals, designers, and any active enthusiast.

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︎ Jen White Johnson Artist Feature: 2019 Womens March by Nasreen AlkhateebJan 2019 | Filmmaker Nasreen Alkhateeb & Sound Editor Kai Keefe
Director|DP: Nasreen Alkhateeb Editor|Sound: Kai Keefe

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CNN World Autism Awareness Day 2021: What you need to know
By Matt Villano, CNN
Fri April 2, 2021

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︎ ︎National Museum of African American History and Culture | Smithsonian
Artist Profile


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︎ The Pop Culture Collaborative
#BlackDisabledLivesMatter: Q&A with artist Jen White-Johnson

by Alice Wong for Break the Story Volume IV: Disability Visibility
September 9, 2020

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︎ Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
AUTISTIC JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE
BY
OCTOBER 25, 2019

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︎AIGA Eye on Design | Op-Ed
How the Black Disabled Lives Matter Symbol Took on A Life of Its Own
Black disabled artists and designers are reminding folks that collective liberation can’t be created in a silo
Words by Jennifer White-Johnson | Published on November 11th, 2020