AIGA Design For Good

AIGA get’s on the design for social change wagon. I read all over this site and can’t figure out exactly how to participate, but maybe I should look closer at AIGA Los Angeles.

“A movement to ignite, accelerate and amplify design-driven social change
Around the world, designers are creating better communities by working with nonprofits and citizen groups to improve the human experience. AIGA’s Design for Good initiative encourages and recognizes pro bono and social engagement design projects.”

Designers bring empathy and creativity to social challenges. The first helps to understand the human-centered solutions that can make a real difference in real people’s lives; creativity can defeat habits with innovative approaches to making a measurable difference. It is the designer’s approach to the process of solving complex problems, particularly in the willingness to test risky options that transcend the traditional view of problems, that is a strategic advantage. Every designer is encouraged to become engaged with socially relevant projects in order to use their creative talents to their highest and best purpose and to demonstrate the value of designers and design thinking.

http://www.aiga.org/why-design/