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Sick and Tired: Reflections on Design, Illness, and the Fight for Racial Justice
Sick and Tired: Reflections on Design, Illness, and the Fight for Racial Justice

Designer and social worker, De Nichols, capstoned Design Futures Forum with a reflective talk about sustaining personal and collective well-being in the fight for racial healing and justice in the United States. De shared lessons from civil rights leaders and fused insights from her personal challenges of navigating design activism with a chronic illness. By introducing a framework to assess the collective trauma in the built environment, De proposed a set of provocations that designers might consider as they design toward a more just and healthy future.

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Coronavirus & Harvard Loeb Fellowship Update
Coronavirus & Harvard Loeb Fellowship Update

I write this to thank everyone who has reached out to me to ask about my well-being in the midst of the COVID-19 / coronavirus outbreak and its impact on my experience as a Loeb Fellow at Harvard. In my reflection below, I will share changes that happening in my life and work as well as share how you can support others who are impacted by this experience.

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