Live with All the Love That You Gave
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Turn Empathy Into Action
Join the movement of students creating real solutions to society's most difficult problems
Students have a voice.
They have opinions.
Students want to drive change.
DFC puts the power back into the classroom, so every student has the opportunity to learn how to solve big social issues.
Our Ongoing Global Impact
70+
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30,000+
stories of change
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70,000+
teachers trained
The Design for Change Methodology
FEEL
IMAGINE
DO
Gather Inspiration
Build Empathy
Analyze the Issue
Frame the Question
Brainstorm Ideas
Select An Idea
Develop a Plan
Get Feedback
Implement the Plan
SHARE
Make Meaning
Raise Awareness
Inspire Action
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of educators surveyed report that Design for Change increased students' self-motivation to complete tasks and persist through obstacles.
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Engage students in a changemaking experience!
Through our platform, student's build awareness around a social cause and design solutions for change.
Student
Voice
Empathy-building content and activities that increase awareness and center student voice.
Social
Causes
Focus on the most current, relevant social causes such as racial justice, educational equity and climate action.
Design
Thinking
Series of design thinking activities that follow a student-centered framework: Feel, Imagine, Do, Share.
Social
Change
A virtual changemaking platform that guides students to lead change in their own community.
A Versatile Platform for Students to Share Their Actions
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Choose or create a Learning Path for students
Add team and student info to create the Change-Project
Facilitate DFC Resources and Activities for students to create change
What Educators Think
I also wanted to say thank you all for this content. This speaks to me like nothing else I've encountered. I use the SDGs for projects and your program has been a gem in this rough time of distance teaching.
Ronald Nober
8th Gr. Teacher
Southampton, NJ
At the end of this project, my students were saying things like, "I feel like I can do anything now!", "I want to be a designer!" and, "I never thought I could do this, but I did it and it feels so great!"... things I never imagined I would hear."
Dana Kinel
Design Technology Teacher
Sunset Ridge Middle School, Hartford, CT
They never wanted to miss a day from the project. They gave up their free time to do more than they had to. They were thinking critically and problem solving. They made a difference in our school community.
Patti Andreoles
5th Grade Teacher
P.S.135Q The Bellaire School, Queens, NY
See It In Action
Explore projects from some of the thousands of student teams using Design for Change.
Best Of All, Our Resources Are Free for Educators!
We provide a free web platform for educators to bring the Design for Change program into their classrooms, in person or virtually.
