Re/Designing Trust
in Action Labs
Trust is Broken. Let’s Re/Design It—Now.
The Re/Designing Trust in Action Labs, hosted by the Institute of Equitable Design and Justice (formerly known as Creative Reaction Lab) and Antionette D. Carroll, award-winning social entrepreneur, designer, and systems strategist, are high-impact, four-day immersive experiences designed to confront one of the most urgent crises of our time: the erosion of trust between institutions and the communities they serve.
This is not a retreat. It’s a reckoning.
From the strained relationships between funders and grantees to the deep-rooted disconnection between healthcare providers and patients, these Labs bring together industry leaders, frontline changemakers, and living experts to co-create bold, trust-centered solutions that address historic and ongoing harm.
Across sectors—philanthropy, AI, public health, education, and beyond—participants will move from discomfort to design, from theory to action, transforming not only their organizations and communities but themselves.
This is for leaders and living experts ready to:
Repair broken relationships with the impacted community.
Reimagine how power and accountability show up in their work.
Build systems worthy of people’s trust.
You won’t just leave with strategies and prototypable interventions. You’ll also leave with a renewed sense of purpose, an actionable roadmap for trust-centered change, and a community of courageous peers committed to building trust as a daily, institutionalized practice.
The time to rebuild trust isn’t tomorrow. It’s now.
Join us—and be part of the redesign.
Our Frameworks
At the core of our work are two complementary approaches that shape how we design for liberation — the Equity-Centered Community Design™ (ECCD) Framework and the Trust Framework.
The ECCD Framework™, created by Creative Reaction Lab Founder Antionette D. Carroll, reimagines the design process by placing equity, healing, and community power at the center. Rather than designing for communities, ECCD™ calls us to design with them — acknowledging history, addressing power dynamics, and valuing lived experience as expertise. It’s an ever-evolving practice of co-creation, reflection, and accountability that moves beyond diversity and inclusion toward systemic change.
The Trust Framework, inspired by the Nature of Trust project, explores how trust functions as the foundation of equitable systems. Drawing from ecological and social patterns, it helps individuals and institutions understand how trust is built, sustained, and repaired. These principles guide our work in fostering transparency, reciprocity, and care within communities and partnerships.
Together, these frameworks ground our commitment to designing systems that honor people, build belonging, and sustain long-term equity.
Each Re/Designing Trust Action Lab unfolds across four transformative days, featuring immersive strategic problem-solving intensives, powerful conversations with trailblazing speakers, interactive learning materials, lunch each day, and a host of experiences designed to foster deep reflection, innovation, and institutional accountability. Each lab will culminate with co-created trust-based interventions to be publicly disseminated for industry-wide systems change.
* Registration does not include travel and lodging.
Invitation to the Institute of Equitable Design and Justice online network, including a private online community of practice for the Re/Designing Trust Lab alumni
Alumni-only virtual gatherings
Access to Lab Report Newsletter
Certificate of Completion
Name acknowledgment in sector-specific Re/Designing Trust in Action Lab Trust Report
Bonus: Redesigners for Justice™ Participation Pin and Sticker
Bonus: Equity-Centered Community Design™ 1.0 field guide (by Creative Reaction Lab)
Bonus: Nature of Trust Bio 360 Report (by Biomimicry 3.8 & Biomimicry for Social Innovation)
Upcoming events
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Re/Designing Trust Action Lab: Philanthropy
New York, NY
April 15-18, 2026
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Re/Designing Trust Action Lab: Education
Chicago, IL
June 24-27, 2026
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Re/Designing Trust Action Lab: Health & Healthcare
Denver, CO
July 15-18, 2026
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Re/Designing Trust Action Lab: Media & Journalism
New York, NY
September 16-19, 2026
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Re/Designing Trust Action Lab: Government & Public Service
Washington, DC Area
November 4-7, 2026
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Re/Designing Trust Action Lab: AI & Technology
San Francisco, CA
December 2-5, 2026
Meet Your Instructor: Antionette D. Carroll
Visionary. Disrupter. Systems Thinker. Equity Design Pioneer.
When Antionette D. Carroll enters the room, equity work gets sharper, deeper, and more actionable.
An internationally recognized speaker, equity strategist, and one of the founding voices of the equity design movement, Antionette’s work challenges institutions to reimagine their practices—not just improve them. Her original frameworks, Equity-Centered Community Design™ and Redesigners for Justice, are used across the world to transform how systems of power engage with the communities they serve.
She’s held fellowships with TED, Aspen, Roddenberry, and Echoing Green. Her work is featured in Black Futures, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Fast Company. And she continues to advise and collaborate with institutions that are serious about disrupting cycles of harm and moving toward dignity, trust, and transformation.
Whether she's leading a workshop, designing curriculum, or guiding a full systems audit—Antionette is a voice you want in the room. Especially if you're ready to rebuild better.
