2018 Program Overview
Reimagine Lab was a six-month design lab for 16 fellows passionate about preventing cycles of family and domestic violence to come together to work with other creative individuals from both inside and outside the domestic violence field. These Reimagine Lab fellows came together to envision a California free from domestic violence and to creatively explore what experiments and risks need to be seeded now to allow for this vision of a better future.
In January 2018, Blue Shield of California Foundation and Gobee Group kicked off planning for Reimagine Lab. From April to September 2018, fellows participated in Reimagine Lab in various places across California. Traditionally, approaches to addressing domestic violence have focused on crisis intervention and providing services and supports for survivors. While these interventions remain critically important, the Foundation sought to develop and support prevention-based approaches in line with its new strategic direction. Reimagine Lab was part of this exploration process.
Outcomes of 2018 Reimagine Lab
At the end of the six-months, Reimagine Lab fellows developed 10 ideas focused on two ideas per the following user group teams: Black men and boys; Queer, trans, women of color; Undocumented immigrant women; Age 13-17 youth at higher risk of incarceration; and Age 11-14 youth in low-income single parent households.
The solutions that fellows developed focused on:
- Developing tools to help youth develop into healthier adults with healthy relationships.
- Opening culturally-specific forums to discuss conflicts in the home.
- Empowering undocumented women and other marginalized communities.
- Bringing harm-doers, in addition to victims and survivors, into new prevention solutions.
- Employing an anti-oppression and intersectional lens.
Resources: Final report: https://www.dropbox.com/s/71dinsyejwn36qf/ReimagineLabFinalReport_Final.pdf?dl=0