Meet Our Executive Director, Joy Alise
Joy Alise | she/her
Joy Alise Davis is a Cincinnati native who graduated from Miami University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and from Parsons School of Design with a Master of Arts in Theories of Urban Practice.
She has held support and leadership roles at various social justice organizations for over ten years. Joy Alise has consulted on urban planning, urban design and racial equity projects with government bureaus in the State of Oregon for over five years.
Mrs. Davis is the founder of the award-winning Design + Culture Lab, a research-driven, urban-social enterprise that works at the intersection between identity and place. Currently, Joy Alise serves as the Executive Director of Imagine Black where she works to help our Black community imagine the alternatives they deserve and build political participation to achieve those alternatives.
When Joy Alise gets a seat at the table, she swiftly dismantles the old furniture and makes room for a more inclusive space led by Black and Indigenous folks.
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JOY ALISE’S Videos
No Cops in Schools, No Police Money in Politics: A Conversation with Danny Cage and Joy Alise Davis
Premiered Mar 11, 2023
The event will be held in English.
Consider This: Black Political Power in Oregon
Premiered Sep 14, 2022
A conversation on the state of Black political power in Oregon with Joy Alise Davis, executive director at Imagine Black; Keith Jenkins, director of Southern Oregon Black Leaders, Activists, & Community Coalition; and Marcus LeGrand, vice-chair of Bend-La Pine Schools. Journalist Bruce Poinsette will facilitate the conversation.
The event will be held in English.
Thinking in Opposites for Collaborative Governance - The Elevating Impact Summit
Premiered Mar 8, 2018
Walter Robinson, Joy Alise Davis, Mary Li, and Jeana Woolley at Portland State University’s 2018 Elevating Impact Summit, introduced by Angela Jackson.
The event will be held in English.
The Black Radical Imagination, a conversation with aja monet
Premiered Sep 22, 2022
This conversation welcomes activist and poet aja monet, speculative design strategist Joy Alise Davis, and political educator Ekundayo Igeleke as they discuss the power of the Black radical imagination. The panel will discuss topics like abolition, Black queer feminism, surrealism, visionary organizing, and how liberatory movements and mindsets intersect with the Black experience.
The event will be held in English.
The Blacktastic Adventure | Interview with Joy Alise Davis
Premiered Mar 23, 2021
The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, Bruce Poinsette speaks with Joy Alise Davis.
The event will be held in English.