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.

Find Your Coronavirus Quarantine Routine | Sticky Note to Self

During this time of uncertainty with the spread of the coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, cabin fever, depression, and anxiety can easily creep into our daily lives as we social distance and self-quarantine. In this video, I share some of the ways that I have sustained structure in my life in efforts to ward off anxiety and continue to be productive at home.

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