Activate Labs

We convene, train, and facilitate co-design and strategic planning for nonviolent collective action social movements and their campaigns. Our training and facilitation approach is based on the Peace Design™ process and pedagogy. It combines behavioral science, participatory action research, peacebuilding, social action, and human-centered design. We believe that real learning happens when we not only gain knowledge but when we experience it, embody it, and can teach it to others. Peace Design™ uses experiential and participatory cutting-edge tools, processes, and methodologies to build community, co-design, and strategically plan collective action. Our Flagship training process provides opportunities for meaningful participation, creative exploration, and co-learning of knowledge and skills. We specialize in experiential and participatory co-design methodology with expertise in participant-centered approaches, participatory media, nature-based, and embodied somatic practice.