Join us for our first community gathering to connect and celebrate all of us designing for inclusion. Featuring guest Pinar Guvenc of SOUR on co-creating personal care experiences for people living with physical disabilities. RSVP here to join: bit.ly/3x3trainings

“I wasn’t supposed to a designer... My 7th grade math teacher who was always mad at me for drawing in class, one day told me 'this is design.' It was the first time I heard the term.” - D'Wayne Edwards @Pensole_Academy #DetroitMonthOfDesign #InclusiveDesign

"The Black journey in design is not monolithic. We all find different ways of manifesting the work. But there are certain commonalities: persistence & coming at this indirectly...Who have we missed who could have become a designer?" -Todd Palmer #DetroitMonthOfDesign

Thanks Adriana Valdez Young, Head of Community of 3x3, for sharing about community-centered design today with my Parsons Paris Global Executive Masters class. #Design #CommunityCenteredDesign

Are you looking to deepen your coalition-building efforts? Our two workshops share the dynamics of ecosystem mapping and the process of creating a shared vision through appreciative inquiry.

Such a powerful opening to #hindsight2021nyc

Opening activity from our panel discussion on decolonizing urban planning at #hindsightnyc2021 #ReemergenceReimagined DivComm

Priyanka Jain breaking down why epistemology and positionality matter in a patriarchal world that creates blinders and monolithic ways of seeing, knowing & planning #hindsightnyc2021 #ReemergenceReimagined DivComm

"How do we make space to learn and listen and show up as the person we're meant to be?"-Isabelle Swiderski of Seven25 Design on developing her positionality and self-education as a practitioner working with First Nation communities in Canada #hindsightnyc2021 #ReemergenceReimagined

'Be bold. If your research were a party, what kind of party would it be?' 🎉-Han Pham of Han Pham on decolonizing research in urban planning #hindsightnyc2021 #ReemergenceReimagined

'We made the case why we should highlight stories rather than just look to data indicators. It made me question what are the indicators we're using to measure success with?' -Megan Marini of 3x3 on measuring equity not just efficiency of urban tech at #SCNY21

“How can we have more representation in the creation of the technologies themselves?”- Megan Marini of 3x3 on the 

necessity of policymakers, tech companies, and others with power in urban tech to share that power with communities at #SCNY21

“We can’t have equity if we don’t design for it.” -Megan Marini of 3x3 on the power of the public sector in funding innovation and incubating new services with the lens of equity at #SCNY21

Love this collaborative manifesto on evolving away from check-the-box engagement towards moving at the speed of trust. Also great to see our friend Stephen Larrick👋🏽

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Resonance. Salzburg, April 2022.

I was mentioned in this week’s Stuff You Should Know podcast on Squirrels! Thanks @josh& Movie Crush Podcast for highlighting my obsession with black squirrels! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stu…

Call for fellowship!

“Criticality with love” is just one takeaway from this amazing panel of womxn bringing #designjustice to their workplaces every day and making it normative (no more 1-day empathy workshops!) 💙

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