Community-Centered Design 101: Community Ownership

Guest Speaker: Dana Archer-Rosenthal

Join 3×3 for a lively gathering around the challenges, myths, and joys of practicing community-centered design.

We’ve created this recurring gathering space for emerging and established practitioners to connect, learn, and support each other in their use of community-centered design. We welcome all professional backgrounds and experience levels — no prior training or knowledge of community-centered design needed!

Takeaways

Learn more about the core values and applications of community-centered design and hold space for discussion, story- and skill-sharing, and networking! You will walk away with:

An understanding of the lineage and evolution of community-centered design in practice;
A set of core mindsets and values that you can apply to your community-centered practice;
Exposure to fellow practitioners to share challenges, resources, and inspiration;
Pathways to deepen and evolve your practice through more advanced training opportunities and other resources.

Format

This online event will be a combination of a CC101 overview and a guest speaker presentation, followed by an open discussion. A custom Zoom link will be sent to your inbox once you are registered and approved.

Guest Speaker

Dana Archer-Rosenthal is a consultant for the nonprofit and public sectors in program design, funding, and impact evaluation. As a consultant and grant maker, she has worked with dozens of environmental, workforce development, and community development organizations, including the leading community development financial institutions, Nonprofit Finance Fund and Inclusiv. She recently authored a paper released by Nonprofit Finance Fund and Justice Capital called “Community Ownership: A Vision for Shared Prosperity” and is the co-author of the forthcoming book Community Development Finance: COVID, George Floyd and the Fight for Equity, 2016-2025 (Friesen Press, 2026).

You can read more about Dana and her work on her LinkedIn profile.

Facilitators

Priyanka Jain is co-founder and principal at 3×3, where she focuses on urban planning, local economic development, placemaking, cultural programming, and community engagement.

Thomas Bond is an engagement and communications designer at 3×3 and an advocate for social change who believes that all people are designers in their own right. With a deep commitment to community engagement, Thomas prioritizes working alongside communities to foster mutual aid, shared knowledge, and empowerment.

About 3×3

Drawing from over a decade of experience developing methods that center communities in design, policy, and planning decisions, this event is part of a larger learning series for teams to integrate critical reflection and collaboration into their everyday work.

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