About
/
Creating places for communities
to heal and thrive.
↑ PHOTO CREDIT: anne Hamersky
Liz Ogbu is a designer + activist operating at the intersection of racial and spatial justice.
Her work is rooted in collaborating with communities and leveraging design to address systemic harm, catalyze community healing, and foster environments that support people’s capacity to thrive.
She does this through her speaking, writing, and healing-centered design practice, Studio O.
Her work is focused on the intimate and enduring connection between race and space.
Indigenous, Black, Brown, and poor communities have often been unseen, neglected, or harmed by what and how we build. That is no accident.
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↑ PHOTO CREDIT: Vineger Hill - Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
As long as we are separated or selectively harmed by space, justice is not possible.
Addressing the legacy of physical and emotional harm embedded in our built environment is a vital step in achieving a healed future.
Healing is a discipline,
an active practice.
It requires we be radical both in hope and action.
Healing the places we call home will not be easy, but it is necessary. It requires engaging our projects, practices, and systems in the fight for a future filled with places that enable all of us to thrive and be whole.
↑ PHOTO CREDIT: Anne Hamersky
LET US LEARN
WHAT IT MEANS TO
HEAL TOGETHER.
↑ PHOTO CREDIT: Anne Hamersky
About Liz Ogbu
A designer, urbanist, and spatial justice activist, Liz has spent over 15 years engaging and transforming unjust urban environments around the world.
She is based on Huichin (now known as Oakland), the unceded land of the Chechenyo-speaking Ohlone.
↑ PHOTO CREDIT: Nye’ Lyn Tho Photography
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