Àrokò Cooperative
@aroko.bsky.social
Àrokò Cooperative is a multidisciplinary community of creative practitioners using design to divest from systems of harm—and build toward collective liberation.
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Subscribe to our digital outlet @ www.aroko.world | Learn more about us @ www.aroko.coop
Join The Folklore Story Lab Part 2: (r)EVOLUTION (Diaspora & Lineage) with @aishatuado.bsky.social
— an online writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 22, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): bit.ly/wwfotg
— an online writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 22, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): bit.ly/wwfotg
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Join The Folklore Story Lab Part 2: (r)EVOLUTION (Diaspora & Lineage) with @aishatuado.bsky.social
— an online writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 22, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): bit.ly/wwfotg
— an online writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 22, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): bit.ly/wwfotg
Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
An ode to @aishatuado.bsky.social new article “Play is Medicine” what was games kept you up late at night? Drop them in the comments🎮
October 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
An ode to @aishatuado.bsky.social new article “Play is Medicine” what was games kept you up late at night? Drop them in the comments🎮
October 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
DJ DRONE STRIKE IN THE MIX 😭
October 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
DJ DRONE STRIKE IN THE MIX 😭
A peek of our fall roundup picks for are here, produced by our star studded cast of writers. To see this and more articles like these sign up for our newsletter. www.aroko.world
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A peek of our fall roundup picks for are here, produced by our star studded cast of writers. To see this and more articles like these sign up for our newsletter. www.aroko.world
Our first collection of products is available now! Check out more of the details on each piece on our aroko.world, and place your order on aroko.coop/shop.
July 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our first collection of products is available now! Check out more of the details on each piece on our aroko.world, and place your order on aroko.coop/shop.
Come join us with @radixcoop.bsky.social and many more amazing NYC organizations on July 26th at Another World in Brooklyn. We'll be there with all kinds of goodies, and will be answering questions about how to set up and run a cooperative. We hope to see you there!
July 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Come join us with @radixcoop.bsky.social and many more amazing NYC organizations on July 26th at Another World in Brooklyn. We'll be there with all kinds of goodies, and will be answering questions about how to set up and run a cooperative. We hope to see you there!
Rest in peace to one of the greatest musicians to ever live, Sly Stone
June 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Rest in peace to one of the greatest musicians to ever live, Sly Stone
Solidarity to all those fighting ICE and the pigs in LA and beyond ✊🏽
June 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Solidarity to all those fighting ICE and the pigs in LA and beyond ✊🏽
Thank you to everyone who came out to see us back in February at Alkali Rye in Oakland! See more of the photos shot by Juliana Evans-Anfom on our site.
May 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out to see us back in February at Alkali Rye in Oakland! See more of the photos shot by Juliana Evans-Anfom on our site.
Highlight from @aishatuado.bsky.social from her monthly A.I. round-up column
May 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Highlight from @aishatuado.bsky.social from her monthly A.I. round-up column
Design is circular.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Design is circular.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
Design for mutual care.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Design for mutual care.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
Create with community.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Create with community.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
Dignify through design.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dignify through design.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
Be ecocentric over egocentric.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Be ecocentric over egocentric.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
Respect the locals.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Respect the locals.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
Divest.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Divest.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.
Happy #mayday to all workers around the world!
We are celebrating officially incorporating as a cooperative this May Day. All power to the workers!
We are celebrating officially incorporating as a cooperative this May Day. All power to the workers!
May 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Happy #mayday to all workers around the world!
We are celebrating officially incorporating as a cooperative this May Day. All power to the workers!
We are celebrating officially incorporating as a cooperative this May Day. All power to the workers!
For any Bay area folks, we're at Alkali Rye for the rest of the afternoon! Come say hi, we're customizing t-shirts and chatting shit
February 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
For any Bay area folks, we're at Alkali Rye for the rest of the afternoon! Come say hi, we're customizing t-shirts and chatting shit
seems like y'all are pretty interested in a black owned design and publishing coop huh? well come see us in oakland next week for a pop-up with all kinds of goods as well as a panel on how we operate. we hope to see you there!
February 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
seems like y'all are pretty interested in a black owned design and publishing coop huh? well come see us in oakland next week for a pop-up with all kinds of goods as well as a panel on how we operate. we hope to see you there!