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DEI is being dismantled—but equity can’t wait.

Across the United States (and several other countries across the globe), equity, justice, and inclusion 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 known as Creative Reaction Lab) and Antionette D. Carroll, award-winning social entrepreneur, designer, and systems strategist, for the Equity by Design Immersives—a 3-day immersive experience created to meet this moment of backlash with action. It’s not enough to be frustrated by the rollbacks; we must organize and co-design interventions to ultimately create equitable policies, campaigns, programs — sustainable change.

This isn’t a workshop. It’s a collective redesign.
Whether you’re in education, government, tech, healthcare, grassroots organizing, or just a person who cares, this space is for those ready to:

• Move beyond performative DEI statements and social media posts

• Build equity-centered interventions and systems rooted in accountability

• Reclaim creativity, imagination, and futurism as a tool for resistance and redesign

You’ll leave with:

• A shared language and framework for practicing equity by design in hostile or anti-DEI environments.

• A co-created intervention prototype (policy, program, campaign, or system redesign) that you can adapt and safely test in your own context.

• Strategies to navigate backlash while sustaining equity work with courage, clarity, and care.

• A toolkit of design methods rooted in equity, justice, and collective imagination.

• A network of cross-sector collaborators who are equally committed to building equitable systems.

• Renewed creativity and imagination as resources for resistance, resilience, and redesign.

• Practical approaches to embed accountability into equity-driven work and organizational change.

• A personal action plan aligned with your sphere of influence and capacity.

• A sense of collective solidarity and hope—fuel for continuing the work when isolated or under attack.

This is the work that can’t be undone.