This is your reminder that the fight for equity isn’t optional — and neither is taking action.
If our work has inspired you, challenged you, or pushed you to see the world differently, we invite you to give today.
Even $10 moves this work forward.
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Equity requires action. Liberation requires commitment. Our work builds capacity, confidence, community, and pathways toward liberation yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
This Giving Tuesday, your donation supports real people doing real work — from community coalitions to fellows to everyday equity designers.
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Every day, we choose to design a more equitable world — not because it’s easy, but because the work is not optional.
Support the Institute of Equitable Design and Justice (Formerly Creative Reaction Lab) this Giving Tuesday.
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Equity is not optional.
Inclusion is not optional.
Liberation is not optional.
Community power is not optional.
This Giving Tuesday, we’re investing in the future of equitable design — and we’re asking you to stand with us.
Your gift fuels:
our free Equity Design Network
online project-based, community-centered education
training youth, practitioners, and organizations to become Equity Designers
the work of rebuilding trust across systems
Choose equity today.
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At #LividCon2025, our Founder & CEO @antionettecarroll joined a conversation about reimagining the social contract — and how love, trust, and imagination must be at its core.
“Love your neighbor as yourself” isn’t just faith; it’s design guidance.
“Pissed-off optimism” kept showing up too: the belief that we can critique systems and still build better ones.
We left inspired to design for care, courage, and collective accountability.
Next stop: Chicago — the Equity by Design Immersive, this December.
Join the free Equity Design Network and be part of the work at equitabledesign.com
#equitydesign #TrustCenteredDesign #socialimpact #antionettecarroll #designforliberation #reimaginingsystems
It’s here! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Community of Practice, a collective space for equity leaders, practitioners, and Redesigners for Justice to connect, share, and co-create.
This is more than a community. It’s a movement space. 💡
Join us on Mighty Networks and be part of redesigning systems of oppression into systems of liberation.
What does it really take to rebuild trust between communities and public institutions?
That’s the question we explored with SACOG during a multi-day co-design sprint I facilitated through Creative Reaction Lab. We weren’t there to “train;" we were there to create space for people to name the harm, reframe power, and co-create a vision for what more connected, collaborative governance can look like.
We used our Equity-Centered Community Design™ and Trust frameworks to:
→ Break down barriers
→ Challenge language and legacy
→ Map out what trust actually looks like in action
One participant said it best:
🗣 “Let’s stop creating systems that burden communities.”
This is the work I care most about—intentional, equity-rooted design that centers lived experience and collective accountability.
📩 If this is what your agency or org is ready for, reach out to my team at [email protected].
#antionettecarroll #equitybydesign #DesignJustice #RedesignersForJustice #trustinaction #eccd #civicdesign
Last month, our Founder & CEO, Antionette Carroll, joined leading equity designers, changemakers, and creative leaders at Design Vanguard, hosted by the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity!
It was a powerful few days full of behind-the-scenes Eames archive tours, heartfelt conversations, curiosity walks, and deep reflections on what it means to lead with justice, design, and joy. 💡🌱
Antionette shared stories, bonded with longtime collaborators and heroes in the field, and walked away with even greater clarity about the role of design in shaping liberatory futures. ✊🏾
We're still buzzing from the energy and look forward to what comes next. 🙌🏽
#DesignVanguard #SocialImpactDesign #creativereactionlab #designforjustice #EamesInstitute #equitydesign #infinitecuriosity
Yesterday, members of our team — Antionette Carroll (Founder, President & CEO), Thomas Savage (Learning Innovation Design Director), and Aleece Jones (Finance and Operations Director) — had the honor of attending the Accelerating Commitment to Equity (ACE) Innovation Fund Regional Gathering, hosted by Urban Institute and made possible by the support of MetLife Foundation.
This powerful 5-hour experience brought together a dynamic group of organizations including:
🤝 Elevate Chicago
🏛️ Chicago Community Loan Fund
✊🏽 Creative Reaction Lab
Together, we explored:
🔍 National and regional data trends – Who is collecting data, how frequently, and what gaps now exist in the wake of disbanded institutions and rolled-back funding
🎙️ Storytelling and safe accountability spaces, led by Elevate, that empower participants to share and heal
🗺️ Ecosystem mapping led by the Urban Institute, reflecting on the integration of our roles, values, and interconnected work
🧩 A trust-building case study from our team at Creative Reaction Lab — sharing hard-earned lessons from the first iteration of our Youth Leadership Program (YLP) and how we’re continuing to rebuild and center trust
🌱 Breakout discussions where we committed to celebrating every win, big or small, and embracing collective solidarity in this work
We walked away with clarity, connection, and a deeper commitment to showing up — for equity, for our communities, and for each other. 💥
#equityinaction #creativereactionlab #ACEInnovationFund #UrbanInstitute #elevatechicago #chicagocommunityloanfund #collectivepower #socialchange #trustbuilding #dataforjustice #solidarity
We’re deeply moved to have Artwork for Equity up for consideration at SOCAP Open.
This session, led by Antionette Carroll and Dr. Terresa Moses, explores how community-centered art and abolitionist design can help us reimagine what’s possible—across systems like housing, health, and education.
With voting closing tomorrow, we’re simply grateful to be part of this conversation. If it resonates, we invite you to take a look. 💛
Link in bio + comments.
#SOCAP2025 #ArtworkForEquity #DesignJustice #RedesignForJustice #PlaceBasedChange
We’re finalists for SOCAP Open, and we’d be so grateful for your vote.
Our proposed session, “Integrating Equity and Trust to Advance Economic Prosperity and Justice,” invites a deep dive into how institutions can center equity, humility, healing, and history to co-create lasting change.
Voting closes tomorrow—thank you to everyone who’s already supported this vision. If you haven’t yet, the link’s in our bio and in the comments.
#SOCAP2025 #ECCD #EquityByDesign #RedesignForJustice #TrustAndJustice #SocialImpact
🌟 Our Artwork for Equity session is up for voting at SOCAP!
Join Antionette Carroll and Dr. Terresa Moses in a powerful convo about how art and design can transform communities.
They’ll dive into creative organizing, abolitionist design, and how community-centered artwork sparks systemic change across housing, education, and health.
🎨 Vote to bring this convo to the SOCAP stage!: /socap-open-2025/?utm_source=community&utm_medium=community_channels&utm_campaign=SOCAP25&utm_term=open_voting
#ArtworkForEquity #DesignJustice #RedesignForJustice #SOCAP2025 #PlaceBasedChange
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