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Seven years ago, Shannon Downey came across a Star Trek pattern for cross stitching and she was instantly hooked. What started out as a relaxing hobby quickly grew into a platform to express her thoughts around issues of racial injustice, gun violence and feminism.
Reset talks to Downey about her journey as a “craftivist” and how she threads together art and activism in her work.
GUEST: Shannon Downey, craftivist and director of development at Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago