Antionette D. Carroll

President and CEO (Founder) | Creative Reaction Lab and Institute of Equitable Design and Justice

Pronouns: She/Her

Antionette Carroll is the Founder, President and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit educating and deploying youth to challenge racial and health inequities impacting Black and Latinx populations, and the newly created Institute of Equitable Design and Justice. Within this role, Antionette has pioneered an award-winning form of creative problem solving called Equity-Centered Community Design (named a Fast Company World Changing Idea Finalist) and a new leadership model called Redesigner for Justice which has led to her being featured in over 6 books focused on empathy, innovation, and equitable economies. She’s the co-founder of the Design + Diversity Conference/Fellowship.

Presentations from Facing Race 2024

Disruptive Discourse: The Power of Langauge in Innovation

Organized in the format of a panel discussion and presenting mini case studies, this session will discuss terms like "Narrative Justice," "proximate leader," "intermediary," "philanthropy," and others. Practitioners, activists, and organizations are invited to consider the power of language in influencing audiences to embrace change toward greater racial and ethnic justice.

Panelists include leaders in the field of seeding social innovation around the globe and social chnge communications professionals advancing systems transformation through messaging. Collectively, they will discuss how we can evolve language in service of the vision of change by centering the voices of leaders from Black and brown communities.

This discussion aims to provide a framework and opportunity to identify key language themes, phrases, or words. These insights will be useful for audience members interested in driving narrative change in their own organizations and communities, particularly around racial justice.

Speakers: Vanessa Wakeman, Liza Mueller, Shelby Seth, Antionette D. Carroll, Jessica Mecellem