Equity and Inclusion Stories

Collage made out of recycling by Mara Newkirk, a Providence public school student
Teens Connect through RISD

Continuing Education partners with Rhode Island Department of Education to offer free online art and design classes to underserved youth.

Director of Research Soul Brown
RISD Welcomes Director of Research

Soul Brown is focused on building a comprehensive and equitable ecosystem to support faculty research.

Pieces and elements from Hasbro's Monopoly board game
Fair Play

Project Open Door teams up with Hasbro to provide area teens with an intensive, all-virtual toy and game design workshop.

RISD Promises Social Equity Action

The Architect’s Newspaper reports on the steps RISD will take to support BIPOC students and faculty.

RISD Promotes Social Equity

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
A World without America

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
Framing a Moral Democracy

Social justice visionary Michelle Alexander delivers RISD’s 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. keynote address.

Interactive Fall River, Massachusetts city map
Reconnecting an Urban Community

Students in a fall Landscape Architecture studio collaborate with residents of Fall River, MA on interventions for revitalizing the city’s downtown.