Kristen Uroda
@kristenuroda.bsky.social
✏️ illustrator + civic design researcher
detroit/michigan-based • working to spark joy and renew moral imagination through a vision of beauty and compassion • SCBWI member
kristenuroda.com
detroit/michigan-based • working to spark joy and renew moral imagination through a vision of beauty and compassion • SCBWI member
kristenuroda.com
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Hi! I’m Kristen, a Michigan-based illustrator (editorial + picture book) and civic design researcher just trying to do work that inspires people to dream, hope, and imagine a better, kinder world.
#kitlitart #illustrator #editorialillustration #picturebooks
#kitlitart #illustrator #editorialillustration #picturebooks
Sad I couldn’t make it to the party but grateful all the same! 🙏
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Sad I couldn’t make it to the party but grateful all the same! 🙏
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We’re glad to support the CBPP’s new guide on reducing Medicaid coverage losses during H.R. 1 implementation. It’s a thoughtful resource to help states implement new work requirements while protecting people’s access to care.
Read here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Read here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
A Guide to Reducing Coverage Losses Through Effective Implementation of Medicaid’s New Work Requirement
States can substantially mitigate coverage loss by choosing policies that minimize burden, streamlining verification processes, and creating accessible and user-friendly forms, portals, and communicat...
www.cbpp.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We’re glad to support the CBPP’s new guide on reducing Medicaid coverage losses during H.R. 1 implementation. It’s a thoughtful resource to help states implement new work requirements while protecting people’s access to care.
Read here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Read here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
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“With significant funding from tech leaders, Rockbridge aims to equip MAGA to outlive Trump... It is gearing up to deploy its arsenal in the [2026 and 2028 elections],” aiming for JD Vance to takeover.
They believe a “select group of elites are exactly the right people to move the country forward.”
They believe a “select group of elites are exactly the right people to move the country forward.”
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“With significant funding from tech leaders, Rockbridge aims to equip MAGA to outlive Trump... It is gearing up to deploy its arsenal in the [2026 and 2028 elections],” aiming for JD Vance to takeover.
They believe a “select group of elites are exactly the right people to move the country forward.”
They believe a “select group of elites are exactly the right people to move the country forward.”
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Millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to food assistance.
Today, Civilla joins a coalition of non-profits to call for SNAP to be fully funded. This isn’t just a policy issue. It’s about people’s health, dignity, and economic stability.
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/statement-on...
Today, Civilla joins a coalition of non-profits to call for SNAP to be fully funded. This isn’t just a policy issue. It’s about people’s health, dignity, and economic stability.
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/statement-on...
Statement from Civic Tech Nonprofits on SNAP Benefits Disruption - Beeck Center
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to food assistance.
Today, Civilla joins a coalition of non-profits to call for SNAP to be fully funded. This isn’t just a policy issue. It’s about people’s health, dignity, and economic stability.
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/statement-on...
Today, Civilla joins a coalition of non-profits to call for SNAP to be fully funded. This isn’t just a policy issue. It’s about people’s health, dignity, and economic stability.
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/statement-on...
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Today's a good day to remember the people working so hard to ensure kids get ample nutritious food to learn + thrive. I have copies of Miss Betti to give away to the first 5 teachers or librarians at Title 1 schools to ping me. @kristenuroda.bsky.social @debbieohi.com #PictureBooks #KidLitMegaFeed
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today's a good day to remember the people working so hard to ensure kids get ample nutritious food to learn + thrive. I have copies of Miss Betti to give away to the first 5 teachers or librarians at Title 1 schools to ping me. @kristenuroda.bsky.social @debbieohi.com #PictureBooks #KidLitMegaFeed
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1.4 million Michiganders are now facing zero dollars coming in to their food assistance accounts for November.
Please give $$ if you have it to your local food pantry. This is an emergency.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
Please give $$ if you have it to your local food pantry. This is an emergency.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1.4 million Michiganders are now facing zero dollars coming in to their food assistance accounts for November.
Please give $$ if you have it to your local food pantry. This is an emergency.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
Please give $$ if you have it to your local food pantry. This is an emergency.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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SNAP expires while the president builds an ostentatious ballroom.
SNAP benefits won't be issued for November due to government shutdown
November funding for SNAP, the nation's largest anti-hunger program, will not be issued.
wgme.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
SNAP expires while the president builds an ostentatious ballroom.
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We went to No Kings looking for paid protestors. What we found will shock you.
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We went to No Kings looking for paid protestors. What we found will shock you.
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Resistance to AI is bubbling up among some workers, students, coders and creatives with some placing new value on work that's untouched by AI.
Resistance to AI is bubbling up
The pace at which AI takes off depends in part on its users — and there's a cohort that's just saying no.
www.axios.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Resistance to AI is bubbling up among some workers, students, coders and creatives with some placing new value on work that's untouched by AI.
Reposted by Kristen Uroda
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Respect to those who got here first.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Respect to those who got here first.
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Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
September 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]
September 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]
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I absolutely cannot fathom living my life in such a way that leads me to have strong feelings about the Cracker Barrel logo.
August 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I absolutely cannot fathom living my life in such a way that leads me to have strong feelings about the Cracker Barrel logo.
Feels like a good time to share my latest cover for the next Race to the Truth series. Preorder your copy today. 🙂
#illustration #bookcovers #abolition
#illustration #bookcovers #abolition
Abolition and the African American Story by Patricia Williams Dockery: 9780593811368 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: how Abraham Lincoln defeated the Confederacy to end slavery, but the truth involves a vast network of abolitionists who would keep fighting for free...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Feels like a good time to share my latest cover for the next Race to the Truth series. Preorder your copy today. 🙂
#illustration #bookcovers #abolition
#illustration #bookcovers #abolition
The joy of seeing your work finally in print never gets old.
Written in partnership with the Kamin Science Center, ‘Scientists Like Me’ is the perfect book for any kid (or adult!) who loves observing and discovering the world around us. Available now!
#science #picturebook #portrait #illustration
Written in partnership with the Kamin Science Center, ‘Scientists Like Me’ is the perfect book for any kid (or adult!) who loves observing and discovering the world around us. Available now!
#science #picturebook #portrait #illustration
August 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The joy of seeing your work finally in print never gets old.
Written in partnership with the Kamin Science Center, ‘Scientists Like Me’ is the perfect book for any kid (or adult!) who loves observing and discovering the world around us. Available now!
#science #picturebook #portrait #illustration
Written in partnership with the Kamin Science Center, ‘Scientists Like Me’ is the perfect book for any kid (or adult!) who loves observing and discovering the world around us. Available now!
#science #picturebook #portrait #illustration
Excited about this book haul from my latest travels—so many amazing illustrators! 🥹
#picturebooks #poland
#picturebooks #poland
August 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Excited about this book haul from my latest travels—so many amazing illustrators! 🥹
#picturebooks #poland
#picturebooks #poland
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.
June 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.
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Coming soon: new projects from @kristinsorra.bsky.social @kristenuroda.bsky.social
@hloweart.bsky.social @alleannaharris.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9
@hloweart.bsky.social @alleannaharris.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9
June 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Coming soon: new projects from @kristinsorra.bsky.social @kristenuroda.bsky.social
@hloweart.bsky.social @alleannaharris.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9
@hloweart.bsky.social @alleannaharris.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9
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When systems aren't working, many say, "tear it down and start over." We see it differently. We believe in rolling up our sleeves and fixing what we have. Public institutions touch all our lives and are worth improving, not abandoning. See how we're making change: civilla.org/why-insituti...
Why Institutions
Designing human-centered institutions. We help institutions examine their complexities and embrace their strengths to function as forces for good.
civilla.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When systems aren't working, many say, "tear it down and start over." We see it differently. We believe in rolling up our sleeves and fixing what we have. Public institutions touch all our lives and are worth improving, not abandoning. See how we're making change: civilla.org/why-insituti...
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SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden
May 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden
Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden