With a unique combination of creativity and conviction, these three powerful voices ask us to challenge preconceptions and assumptions.

Bonnie Siegler, Founder and Creative Director of Eight and a Half
Jodie Evans, Cofounder, CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Tyrone Drake, Associate Professor, Graphic Design, ArtCenter College of Design

Bonnie Siegler founded Eight and a Half, a New york based, multi-disciplinary design studio, which works in all media to make things make sense strategically, visually and editorially with intelligence and a sense of humor. Clients include HBO, The New Yorker, “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, “Will & Grace”, Brooklyn Public Library, the Climate Museum and the Criterion Collection. Bonnie was named one of the 50 most influential designers working today by Graphic Design USA and was a featured designer in the Art Director’s Club Legacy Project. Bonnie is also the author of two books: Signs of Resistance, A Visual History of Protest in America and Dear Client, This Book Will Teach You How to Get What You Want From Creative People.

Jodie Evans has been a peace, environmental, women's rights and social justice activist for over forty-five years. She is the co-founder of CODEPINK that works to stop US Military interventions overseas, promotes diplomatic solutions and Peace. She served in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown and ran his presidential campaigns. She published two books, “Stop the Next War Now” and “Twilight of Empire,” and produced several documentary films, including the Oscar and Emmy-nominated “The Most Dangerous Man in America,” and “The Square,” and Naomi Klein’s, “This Changes Everything”. She sits on many boards, including 826LA, Rainforest Action Network, Institute for Policy Studies, Global Girl Media, Center for New Economy, and Drug Policy Alliance.

Raised amid the 1970s hotbed of music, politics and culture, graphic designer Tyrone Drake developed a style infused with the urgency and energy of his Oakland, California roots. As a teacher, he hopes to expose his students to new ideas and guides them on the journey of discovering and inventing their own voice. His studio, ty drake graphic design + art direction is based in Los Angeles. Tyrone has collaborated on graphic design, branding, and visual communications related projects with clients in fashion, architecture, music, film, and health and beauty.