Introduction to equityXdesign. (Free for all!!!)

HEY YOU! YES YOU!

Before you scroll any further, you ought to know that we’re launching a new, live, remove, cohort-based version of Intro to equityXdesign (the course you’re currently looking at!). We’ll meet once a week for five weeks on Wednesdays at 3 pm est for 90 minutes. The cohort-based class is $185 per person, or $100 per person if you bring a friend (or friends) and is best for folks who are looking for structure, accountability, and community. Check it out/learn more here.

THAT SAID, if you’re cool with or prefer to learn alone and on your own time, feel free to sign up on this page for the go-at-your-own-pace format — it’s still available, and it's still FREE 🤑😘

Got questions? Please email [email protected] and we’ll get back to you in a day or two tops! Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming...

Who...me?

Whether you've been doing equity work that has felt overwhelming or design work that has felt narrow or biased in its scope, this practice is for you.

Our aim is to increase your capacity as an equity designer, because we believe that everyone is a designer, and, consequently, that you *can* actually make an impact and move the needle on your life's purpose.

~Got a problem you need to solve and/or thing you need to design, and you'd like do it equitably?

~Are you leading or project-managing a team, and want to build their equity-mindset and capacity as equity designers?

~Are you a facilitator, and want to guide and coach people in a more equitable fashion?

~Are you a design-practitioner, and you want to have your thinking pushed, build a more robust set of equity skills, and/or develop your equity mindset?

...welcome to the right place!

Why this?

We are a country founded on the genocide of one people and the enslavement of another. The experiment of America is 240 years old. In these 240 years, systems were designed that isolate and separate us, that empower a chosen few with the privilege of invention, innovation, and creativity, that lay the groundwork for misunderstanding, fear, and ultimately hate.

We believe that in community, with thoughtful and deliberate action, we can design the obsolescence of those systems, so that's why we're offering to you, equity designer-in-making, equityXdesign, a practice that organizations, teams, and individuals can use to mitigate the impact of racism and inequity in design practices.

Ok...then what?

Frameworks show us the way. They empower us. They enable us to grow. They make our efforts much more effective.

That's why we've combined both equity and design to create the best of both worlds: a well-defined and guided process within which we've embedded equity practices. This process is designed to prevent extractive testing, false promises, unintended consequences, and missing key pieces of information. It is also designed to increase self-awareness, empathy, critical thinking, and reliable testing!

We're teaching theory and practice, but also helping you apply this framework to your specific situation. (P.S. This course is more of a teaser; conversely, the four-course bundle will walk you through an entire design cycle, meaning: you will be able to actually start solving your problem and create something -- a process, a product, a system, a team dynamic/culture -- equitably.)

So what will we do?

In this course, we'll be learning about some key equity design principles and practicing with case studies and crash courses. It's like the killer appetizer before an amazing meal ("amazing meal" a.k.a. the rest of the classes lololol).

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!!!Coaching bonus alert!!!

A personal touch, tlc, clarification, and encouragement can make all the difference. Inside the course, you'll have the opportunity to purchase one-on-one coaching time in order to maximize your learning and growing and help apply the course content specifically to your situation :)!