DEI is being dismantled—but equity can’t wait.
Across the country, equity advocates are being silenced, programs are being defunded, and historically excluded communities are being left out—again. It’s not enough to “hold space.” We have to build new ones.
Join Creative Reaction Lab and Antionette D. Carroll, award-winning designer and systems strategist, for the Equity x Design Workshop Series—a 3-day immersive experience created to meet this moment of backlash with action.
This is more than a workshop. It’s a collective redesign.
🛠️ What We’re Tackling: Real-World Challenges You Can Bring
Each workshop invites participants to bring a real equity challenge from their workplace or community. Here are a few examples:
1. Education
“Our school has an equity team, but our curriculum and discipline policies still disproportionately harm Black and Brown students. We’re stuck in cycles of discussion without transformation.”
→ Work through: Shifting power in curriculum design, co-creating new engagement protocols with students and families, and implementing restorative accountability.
2. Workplace DEI/HR
“We had DEI trainings, but our BIPOC staff still report feeling isolated, undervalued, and unsafe. Leadership doesn’t know how to respond without being defensive.”
→ Work through: Designing values-based response systems, internal equity scorecards, and repair strategies.
3. Nonprofits
“Our mission is equity-driven, but our leadership team and board lack representation—and we don’t know how to shift that without tokenism or conflict.”
→ Work through: Power audits, rethinking governance, and designing inclusive leadership pipelines.
4. Health & Wellness
“We’re trying to expand access to our wellness programming, but communities most impacted by health disparities aren’t showing up—and we don’t know why.”
→ Work through: Co-creating engagement strategies, evaluating harm, and redesigning trust into outreach models.
5. Arts & Culture
“Our institution wants to highlight marginalized artists, but our curation and hiring practices haven’t shifted—and we’re being called out.”
→ Work through: Redistributing curatorial power, equitable storytelling practices, and co-creating with community rather than for them.
REGISTRATION & TICKETING
$444 per person