Session: Design Justice & Co-Design (Society for Social Work and Research 31st Annual Conference)

Activities held by this SIG: •Support and networking opportunities for researchers, educators, practitioners, and students interested in integrating co-design methods and design justice principles into their research and teaching, with a focus on co-design as a strategy for rigorous and justice-focused community-engaged research. •Peer consultation meetings (every 6 months or quarterly) on incorporating design justice and co-design into research design, including in grant applications. •Build a listserv for social work researchers, practitioners, and educators to promote research collaborations and to exchange ideas, information, and expertise related to co-design and design justice. •Develop and maintain a folder of resources and materials on design justice and co-design (e.g., community advisory board facilitation templates and activities, syllabi/lesson plans, example grant applications, publications).