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Speculative design provides the opportunity for a creative reimagining of worlds, allowing us to see what is possible for more equitable and radical futures. While Afro-diasporic communities have engaged in futuring and ingenuity throughout history, they have also rarely been seen in the process of design or visions of the future.

The Building Utopia toolkit is an Afrofuturist Speculative Design toolkit designed by organizers, strategists, and educators to imagine the future of our communities and consider the legacy we are leaving for those communities - whether that be in the technologies we use, the spaces we live in, or the systems that make up our world. We aim to recenter democratic power in design to communities that have long curated the possibilities of our world. Through a series of card decks and envisioning exercises the Building Utopia toolkit introduces audiences to design speculation and methods that might lead us to more liberated futures.