Every solution you’ll hear about during this series of six presentations works to counter systemic racism. You’ll hear directly from a researcher advocating to reform the child welfare system that removes Black children from their homes at disproportionately high rates. Or the woman who launched the first guaranteed income program in the U.S. to serve single Black mothers. Others are dismantling the financial penalties that create barriers to economic opportunity in Las Vegas and Durham, North Carolina.

You’ll hear about a mediation program in Philadelphia that has resulted in diverting evictions and preventing tenants from being pushed into poverty. Then there’s Dark Matter University, a network of design practitioners using their positions inside established programs to bring an antiracist lens to design education. Together, these solutions challenge us to think critically about how policies and practices perpetuate institutional racism, and what it will take to knock down those harmful assumptions and forge a new paradigm.

Solutions of the Year is a multi-day virtual convening, including seven sessions, that will frame the conversation for 2022. You can purchase a single ticket now to all of the events for just $50, or pay what you wish by registering for each event individually. All who donate will receive a copy of our annual Solutions of the Year special issue magazine.