Constellation Culture
INTENTIONS
The goal of the Constellation offering is to advance the design justice movement by offering an intimate space to build relationships and hone our practices. It’s a space to be real about the challenges we’re facing, and to ask for and receive support around those challenges. It is also a space to imagine new possibilities together. In doing this kind of mutual aid, we hope to fortify our practices and bring replenished energy and a deepened sense of connectedness to the communities we are working within.
What this space is not asking you to do:
- Be an expert. We believe design justice is an orientation towards shared principles, not something to be mastered.
- Be admirable. While you will be talking about your work, this is not the space to present shiny, impressive case studies. It is asking you to show up with all the messiness and humility that comes with honing a practice.
- Be more vulnerable than you are comfortable being. Move at the speed of trust.
- Use all the right language. Social movements and the design sector can both use language to gatekeep people from joining. While we want to remain sensitive and develop our rigor, we also want to create space for people to grow their knowledge from whatever point they are at.
With that said, here is what we are asking you to do.
SHARED AGREEMENTS
- Be fully present
- Honor the diversity of experiences, cultures, identities, and ways of engaging that this group brings
- Lead with curiosity rather than judgment
- Take care of one another
- Take responsibility for our words and actions
- Learnings can leave, stories stay. Respect confidentiality.
If at any time you feel these agreements are not being honored please reach out to one of the facilitators.
PILOT YEAR FEEDBACK
As we are still in our pilot year, and yours is the first instance of the Constellation offering, we welcome both grace and feedback as we work to refine the Design Justice Practice Circle program. We will be asking for your feedback after each session.