Guided by the question, 'what does it look like to return love to the systemically underloved?', this 2-hour workshop invites us to first, consider how design upholds structural violence and armed with this knowledge, begin to carefully imagine new ways of being together towards personal and collective healing. Drawing on case studies of community care practices, Black feminist cultural references and personal experiences, we will collectively theorise around the politics of love and co-design  blueprints for future care infrastructure.

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Do I need to be a designer?

No! We are all capable designers of our own lives, and as such have innate knowledge that is valuable for imagining structures that keep Black people alive, healthy, and loved. In Poetry Is Not A Luxury, Audre Lorde writes “Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.” Language sets worlds into motion and so we will use conversation as the starting point for conjuring visions for the future. This is open to everyone and anyone who is interested in critically examining the world around them.