The BLK SHP Collection

In a world where media is shaped for the masses, where do you turn for inspiration? Tune in to the voices of black sheep — creators at the margins who are reinventing themselves, their organizations, and society for a purpose.

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Apr 24, 2018

Introducing the BLK SHP Bus Tour

Seven cities, 15 days, 9 artists, entrepreneurs, and dreamers, and one Willie Nelson band tour bus…

Christopher Chavez in The BLK SHP Collection

Jun 8, 2015

Hospitable Strangers

Garance Choko and Christopher Chavez

Kaz Brecher in The BLK SHP Collection

May 16, 2015

On Third Places and Junk Spaces and Butterflying with a Purpose

What am I doing here? Head spinning from an intense week during the penultimate module of the inaugural THNK Class in Vancouver, working on the Future of Capitalism, I fly home through LA and, less than 24 hours later, I…

Peter Sims in The BLK SHP Collection

May 14, 2015

One Country. Two Worlds. One Idea.

Lately, I’ve felt increasingly conflicted. I’ve spent the past ten-plus years in the San Francisco…

Sonia Sarkar in The BLK SHP Collection

May 12, 2015

Two Sundays

Sunday, May 3

From 2005–2009, I walked, bused, and drove up North Charles Street more times than I can remember: past the shiny hotels of the Inner Harbor, celebratory dinners at The Helmand, liquid-fueled dance nights at Red Maple, last minute scrambles to Penn Station for a ride…

Christopher Chavez in The BLK SHP Collection

May 12, 2015

Waking up America

Reflections from the BLK SHP Bus Tour

Alexa Clay in The BLK SHP Collection

May 10, 2015

Hack America

Field Notes from the Road

Watson Hartsoe in The BLK SHP Collection

May 10, 2015

Mother America and the “New” Spirit of Innovation

Go west young lad! Innovation has long meant expansion, exploration, and propagation. Industrial states have moved themselves forward…

Sonia Sarkar in The BLK SHP Collection

May 6, 2015

Part II: Character Studies

Like a shimmering oasis, Greensboro emerges practically out of nowhere. We turn the corner and could almost be in Williamsburg, except for the fact that it’s 2 PM on a Thursday and every store is already closed: Pie Lab on the corner, bamboo bike pieces in the windows, the…

Todd Greer in The BLK SHP Collection

May 3, 2015

Can We Become a Community of Innovation or How Painful is Change

What is a community? How does it identify itself? What happens when change happens in community? Is “growth” (or change) necessarily a positive thing to all those experiencing it in a community?

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