This year Cori has collaborated with editors and journalists at @illinoisanswers.bsky.social to make interactive illustrations and explainers to accompany three of their investigative stories.

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For each sale we aim to donate 30% of profits to mutual aid. From these sales we donated over $500, which we split between the Midwest Access Coalition, the GoFundMe's of a Palestinian family and queer Sudanese people that we have community connections to.

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Earlier in June we also popped up at the EXTRA MSG event, hosted by Về Lại and HAIBAYÔ! It's always a treat to sell next to friends and collaborators (like Mom's!)

We feel lucky to be still doing Reader Bites after recent staff layoffs at The Reader, including our Reader Bites Art Director, @jameshosking.bsky.social

Read more about the layoffs and support The Reader if you're able to here: chicagoreader.com/reader/press...

Aloo paratha - Annapurna Simply Vegetarian/Devon Ave
Nutella souffle pancakes - Hanabusa Cafe/South Loop
Guava linzer cookies - Nata/Pop ups across the city
Smoked brisket taco - Antique Taco/Bridgeport

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Orange dream smoothie - Jackalope Coffee & Tea House/Bridgeport
Youngster bagel sandwich - R&A Sourdough/Ravenswood
Pot roast sandwich - Punky's Pizza & Pasta/Bridgeport
Peacemaker po'boy - Daisy's Po-Boy & Tavern/Hyde Park

We feel lucky to be still doing Reader Bites after recent staff layoffs at The Reader, including our Reader Bites Art Director.

Read more about the layoffs and support The Reader if you're able to here: chicagoreader.com/reader/press...

Bulgogi beef from Rice'N Bread in Wrigleyville.

Guajolota torta tamal from Santa Masa Tamaleria in Belmont Heights.

Seafood udon ramen from Shinya Ramen House in Bridgeport.

At each draft stage, the illustrations were taken to community advisory meetings for feedback, and ideas for illustration specifics were largely generated by the team and Kimberly, a long-term Northside Minneapolis resident.

Here are some of the finalized assets.

Read more here: bit.ly/3RrRSZ9

Using Neamatallah Elsayed's qualitative research and input by the community advisory board, Cori drafted storymaps that encompassed major themes of place-based memories, historical displacement, relationships with green space, and intentions for community.

Thanks Dan! Yeah it was hard to process because I'm delighted about the toy AND so distressed about it at the same time 😆 but I love that ppl online are like 'the toy is cute! The content tho....' -cori

We love to see people being vocal and critical about the representation of elders and cultures in the Lunar New Year Tonie ✊ We don't want to rely on corporations to teach us about our own traditions, especially as we let culture transform in the diaspora. Read more: bit.ly/4hzCd4X

Process images from designing the LNY Tonie - we love how the figurine turned out. The figurines for Toniebox are all hand-painted in China which is amazing to think about. Read more: bit.ly/4hzCd4X