“There are very specific design decisions that you can make that provide affordances for helping or harming, and we make those decisions as designers every single day. What we’re trying to increase is the level of consciousness around the impact of those decisions and the depth of knowledge that helps you understand why this could be helpful or harmful and for whom. For me the “For Whom?” is always for the most vulnerable.” - Dori Tunstall

Getting Started

• Racism and inequity are products of design. They can be redesigned.
• What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design?
• Dori Tunstall on Decolonizing Design

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Principles & Charters

• Design Justice Principles - A collectively created manifesto document. Design justice rethinks design processes, centers people who are normally marginalized by design, and uses collaborative, creative practices to address the deepest challenges our communities face.
• International Indigenous Design Charter - Protocols for sharing Indigenous knowledge in professional design practice.

Toolkits & Frameworks

• Liberatory Design Toolkit - An evolution of design thinking for equity, that includes steps essential in practicing design for liberation.
• Equity Centered Community Design Field Guide - Field guide created by Creative Reaction Labs on how to become an equity designer.
• Social Change Ecosystem Map - a framework that can help individuals, networks, and organizations align with social change values, individual roles, and the broader ecosystem.

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