In a year dominated by family separations at the border, #MeToo, and deep political polarization, Oregon State University’s Office of Institutional Diversity needed to reach students feeling overwhelmed by the cultural moment.

I developed concept and copy for a poster promoting four workshops and retreats that positioned these spaces as refuge and exploration rather than obligation.

The challenge was acknowledging the weight of issues like racial injustice while creating messaging that felt like permission to engage thoughtfully rather than another demand on students' emotional bandwidth.