DEI is being dismantled—but equity can’t wait.
Across the country, equity advocates are being silenced, programs are being defunded, and historically underinvested and excluded communities are being left out—again. It’s not enough to “hold space.” We have to build new ones.
Join the Institute of Equitable Design and Justice (formerly Creative Reaction Lab) and Antionette D. Carroll, award-winning designer and systems strategist, for the Equity by Design Immersives: Designing Equity in an Anti-DEI Environment—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.
Click here for more information on the Immersive.
🤔 Still on the fence?
Besides the explicit anti-DEI environment being executed at the United States’ federal level, are you wondering what some examples of an implicit anti-DEI environment look like?
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Our institution wants to highlight marginalized artists, but our curation and hiring practices haven’t shifted—and we’re being called out.”
At the Equity by Design Immersive: Designing Equity in an Anti-DEI environment, we will explore the scaling of these designs from the individual to the national (and potentially global) level.
The Immersive isn’t an event. It’s just the beginning.
REGISTRATION & TICKETING
$444 per person
Registration includes:
One (1) ticket to the three-day Equity by Design Immersive in New York, NY, with continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks included
Invitation to the Institute of Equitable Design and Justice online network, including a private online community of practice for the Equity by Design Immersive program alumni
Alumni-only virtual gatherings
Access to Lab Report Newsletter
Certificate of Completion
Name acknowledgment in Equity by Design Immersive Series Report
Bonus: Redesigners for Justice™ Participation Pin and Sticker
Bonus: Equity-Centered Community Design 1.0 field guide