Jori Bercier
Story TEller
Community Catalyst
FrameworkArchitect
SYSTEMS THINKER
Idea Mentor
Visual Alchemist
Critical Thinker
My work sits at the intersection of architectural thinking, academic frameworks, and practical communication, shaping how I approach challenges.
I translate complex challenges into structured solutions grounded in scholarship, and share them in ways that connect and inspire action.
Think of me as a collaborator in design, working with care, thoughtfulness, and a commitment to making a difference.
My work takes shape in three spaces. Loose Threads offers open-door freelance support for anyone who needs it. Plot and Pattern is research-based consulting for mission-driven organizations, working within a nonprofit framework.
PatchWork Society is mutual aid and time banking for communities building care from the inside out.
No matter what, I am just glad you are here.
Voices That Shape Me
The thinkers, creators, and scholars who inspire my approach to problem-solving at the intersection of design, academia, and community impact.
Transformative Ways of Thinking
José Esteban Muñoz
"Queerness is a longing that propels us onward, beyond romances of the negative and toiling in the present. Queerness is that thing that lets us feel that this world is not enough."
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
"I think one of the most radical things we can do is to not just survive, but to create and generate Indigenous futures."
Weaving Wisdom
Beyond Binaries
Instead, I weave these approaches together to create solutions that remain both strong and multifarious.
I work alongside a diverse network of collaborators, centering voices that have often been left out of scholarly and occupational spaces.
The result is a strategy that is simultaneously rigorous and grounded in community wisdom, able to hold complexity and move us toward real change.
Pictured: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
I'm Jori (they|them), a PhD student in Built Environments also pursuing certificates in Gender and Sexuality and Historic Preservation.
My research examines how queer bookstores in Seattle create spaces for transgender belonging and embodiment.
Beyond academia, I work as a community development freelancer, applying systems thinking and mutual aid strategies to help diverse communities connect and thrive.
I'm passionate about creating inclusive spaces and support networks that recognize intersectional experiences and foster genuine connection.
Fun Facts: I enjoy restoring classic cars, analyzing architecture, and I owned a used independent bookstore in my hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana.
Front Porch/Gumbo/Cajun culture is at the root of all I do.
Scholarly Rigor &
Critical Frameworks
bell hooks
"The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy."
Leslie Feinberg
"It's not what we call ourselves, it's whether we can find each other, whether we can create community, and whether we can find solidarity and love."
Dean Spade
"Mutual aid is collective coordination to meet each other's needs, usually from an awareness that the systems we have in place are not going to meet them."
Sara Ahmed
"To be willing to go astray, to move away from the straight and narrow, to wander, is to open up the possibility of new worlds."
Design Thinking &
Visual Communication
Saul Bass
"Design is thinking made visual."
Giorgia Lupi
"Data are not objective; they are human. Data are a human-made abstraction of the world, and they will always carry the subjective view of the people who collected them."
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Critical Reads
