The Grove

Day 0: An invitation to a reflective journey

July 1, 2025
Make your way to The Grove

This is day 0 of our special week-long series on The Grove, an immersive experience on designing for meaningful change.

In this moment, you may be feeling unsettled.

You likely are rushing between meetings or multitasking through endless tabs. But on top of day-to-day stresses, the buzz of headlines of unchecked wealth, climate anomalies, ongoing genocides, and deepening injustice may be hovering around you.

It can all feel so heavy.

If you can spare a moment, let's step out of the frenzy of oppressive systems, at least for a moment. Imagine yourself exiting your workplace. A narrow trail winds ahead, soft with moss and gleaming in the sunlight.

Where are we going, you may wonder?

We're heading towards The Grove, a quiet place in the trees. Here, we can pause and reflect on how we move through oppression — and how we collectively transform it.

Continue your journey

Over the next 7 days, you'll get glimpses of The Grove, an immersive learning experience that will prepare you to design for meaningful change in the world.

Move into the next day of the series below.

A hand carrying a heart-shaped globe with a house at the top. A shorthand form of the Design Changemakers logo is placed on the roof of the house.
A smiling man with short hair
“I feel far more educated and empowered about the many forms oppressive practices take and how to chip away at those obstacles.”
Andrew, United States