Equity and Inclusion Stories
![Pieces and elements from Hasbro's Monopoly board game](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1596568172075_HasbroMonolopyElements.jpg?h=82192ef0&itok=AW0hB7aW)
Project Open Door teams up with Hasbro to provide area teens with an intensive, all-virtual toy and game design workshop.
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The Architect’s Newspaper reports on the steps RISD will take to support BIPOC students and faculty.
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The Boston Globe reports on RISD’s efforts to respond to activism, hire new faculty, boost diversity and return looted artifacts.
![Desun Peoples MFA 21 CR discussing his work with visiting artist Dread Scott](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1583171919486_Dread-listing.jpg?h=e43589f0&itok=AayVHPaW)
Visiting artist Dread Scott shares his vision for change with RISD students.
![Social justice visionary Michelle Alexander delivers RISD’s 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. keynote address](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1579884143926_Alexander1.jpg?h=e5565190&itok=0Sr8lXfl)
Social justice visionary Michelle Alexander delivers RISD’s 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. keynote address.
![Interactive Fall River, Massachusetts city map](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1576511467183_FallRiver-listing.jpg?h=6e531ec8&itok=a3LpWxHm)
Students in a fall Landscape Architecture studio collaborate with residents of Fall River, MA on interventions for revitalizing the city’s downtown.
![Associate Professor Paula Gaetano-Adi](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1573072686607_PaulaListens.jpg?h=632ee5cd&itok=gedJCk8A)
Associate Professor Paula Gaetano-Adi experiments with an interesting way of helping first-year students let go of their assumptions.
![Light Therapy Pillow by industrial designer Rebecca Erde MID 19](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1572273478367_ABLEDErde.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=Uzy_BoK1)
An ongoing exhibition highlights the work and personal stories of 20 RISD community members living with disabilities.