How did we get here?

This project brought together a team of community-based and academic community-engaged practitioners interested in creating a dialogue about facilitation, participatory design, and social justice across a range of fields: participatory research, community arts, participatory visual methods, and community facilitation. Focus of the project was understanding how community-engaged practitioners adapted their participatory work to online and remote settings, as a result of COVID-19, and the unique ethical and pedagogical challenges that emerged.

This website shares findings, resources, and illustrations informed by a pilot study and the virtual event series “Community Engagement in COVID-19.” Our goal is to support community-engaged practitioners in reflecting on, and adapting their facilitation practices to online and/or remote settings. We were particularly invested in having conversations about facilitation grounded in a social justice framework. Our hope was that these resources may help practitioners navigate the opportunities and tensions of hosting community-engaged gatherings, meetings, and workshops online and remotely, as we weather the storms of COVID-19.

For more on our project and for information on how to cite materials within this web-resource visit the About Us and Acknowledgements sections.