You Don't Make Progress By Standing On The Sidelines
"You don't make progress by standing on the side-lines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress my implementing ideas."
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) was an American politician. In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
In the 1972 U.S. presidential election, Chisholm became the first Black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, as well as the first woman to appear in a United States presidential debate.
In 2015, Chisholm was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Hello! I am a multidisciplinary designer and have been with the Laidlaw Foundation for over five years, working to strengthen our global Scholar community and amplify the impact of our programmes.
My work lives somewhere between design, education, and anthropology, usually with sticky notes involved. I studied Human Sciences as an undergrad and am currently doing a Master’s in Anthropology at UCL. Degrees I struggle to explain at parties.
Born and raised in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Outside of work? Probably in the ceramics studio, wandering aimlessly with a podcast in my ears, attempting a handstand, or watching far too much TV. Big fan of nature and very small bugs.
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