Join MAD Museum and AIGA NY for an interactive conversation with Naj Austin, the founder and CEO of Somewhere Good, a platform built to disrupt and redefine community-building. Austin is a serial entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology, well-being, and community who brings a care-centered and identity-driven perspective to her work. Sharing her vision for helping people connect with themselves and their neighbors, Austin will offer reflections and encouragement for how we can have better conversations with one another, create shared rituals, and address loneliness—online and IRL.

Co-presented with the Museum of Arts and Design, this program is part of AIGA NY’s Fresh Dialogue event series focusing on current events, issues of cultural relevance, and emerging topics in the design world. 

Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Naj Austin (she/her) is the founder and CEO of Somewhere Good, a platform app for community conversations. She previously founded Ethel’s Club and has spent her career in the real estate & tech industry building digital and physical products making the world a more intentional space. Through her work, she helps people feel more deeply connected to themselves and one another by centering conversation, identity, and community. She was named one of Inc’s 100 Female Founders transforming America, A Woman Making NYC Better by Time Out NY and has been featured in The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, HuffPost, CNBC, TechCrunch, Bustle, Complex, Marie Claire and Forbes among others.