I love gathering in inquiry and exploration. Because the only way way we can make sense of it all—and find our way through—is in community.
Over the years, I’ve spoken and moderated in classrooms, conferences, and community spaces . The conversations span themes of collective healing, radical imagination, and our struggles for dignity in the face of structural violence.
In 2024-25, as I transitioned back to Taiwan and shifted my energetic and creative focus, I stepped back from public speaking, so I could listen more deeply, and attune to the rhythms of these lands and to larger cosmic truths. As Laozi teaches, the deepest knowing comes in silence. Now, I feel ready to step back into meaning-making with other humans again. A selection of past talks:
“On Stewarding Love & Liberation”, The School of Visual Arts (USA), 2024
“The Politics of Health” panel, Transforming Solidarities (Germany), 2023
“Together We Dream, Heal, Build Anew”, The Laundromat Project (USA), 2023
“Narrative Building for Bold & Powerful Movements”, Rehearsing Freedoms (UK), 2023
“Transforming Mental Health Policy Through Art & Culture” panel, Mindscapes Summit (India), 2023
“Together We Dream”, Active Youth (Taiwan), 2022
“Building Unlikely Yet Transformative Alliances”, Das Progressive Zentrum (Germany), 2022
“Resilience as Collective Practice” keynote, Open Government International Forum (Taiwan), 2022
“Exiting the Road to Hell: How We Reclaim Agency & Responsibility in Our Fights for Justice” keynote, EPIC (Global), 2021
“In Joyous Solidarity”, Design Campus (Germany), 2021
“Do It Responsibly or Don’t Do It At All”, Co-Designing Publics (Wales), 2021
“Democratic Revolution from the Bottom Up”, Public Libraries 2030 (EU), 2021
“Wise Societies: Wisdom in a Post Pandemic World” panel, Demos Helsinki (Finland), 2021
“Scaling Deep Democracy” panel, Building Belonging (USA), 2021
“Accountability > Empathy”, Ecological Design Collective (USA), 2021
“Democracia en Vivo”, Congreso Futuro (Chile), 2021
“Hard Truths: Privilege and Belonging” panel, Future of Good (Canada), 2020
“Post Empathy”, Department of Dreams Festival (UK), 2020
“Reimagining Our Role in the Fight for Tomorrow”, Untitled Festival (Finland), 2020
“Mobilizing Art & Culture for Public Accountability ”, Open Government Global Summit (Canada), 2021
“Power to the People”, TiCTEC (France), 2019
“Design in Challenging Governance Contexts”, Interaction 15 (USA), 2015
“A City for Everyone”, TEDxDumbo (USA), 2012
“Stop Blaming the Stars: The Role of Design in Disaster”, Better World by Design (USA), 2011