Co-Design as Collaborative Ways of Being, Relating, and Making Reflection Guide

Denise Shanté Brown, Healthy Teen Network

As defined by Denise Shanté Brown, co-design is the weaving of liberatory, collaborative ways of being, relating, and making.

Co-design is a practice that is always led by the lived experience and abundant creativity of those who are most underrepresented and those who are (or will be) directly impacted by the design.

This guide walks you through a series of reflections after reading, watching, and listening to suggested materials. Use this guide to learn more about co-designing with those who are most impacted by our designs.

The Healthy Teen Network In/Tend Incubator Hub is supported by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,886,783 with 100 percent funded by OPA/OASH/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, OPA/OASH/HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit opa.hhs.gov.

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