Design Justice Network - Staff

Our staff help implement high-level strategy from the Design Justice Network Steering Committee and support the growth and flourishing of the Design Justice Network! We have three contract staff members: Nodes & Working Groups (WG) Manager, Victoria Barnett, a long-time member and organizer with DJN, and a previous steering committee member (2016-2020). Rene Joy, Communications Specialist, joined DJN in the summer of 2022 to support the Network’s people and Principles as a collaborative storyteller and community organizer.

The Design Justice Network is guided by a Steering Committee. The Steering Committee sets high-level strategy, determines the overall network structure, approves the budget, maintains information about the DJN’s structure, and reviews and approves new Working Groups and Local Nodes.

BIO

Nodes & Working Groups (WG) Manager, Victoria Barnett is a digital graphic designer, facilitator, community organizer, and collaborator at the service of social justice initiatives. She works with and for community organizations to pull on their own creativity and resilience, to create designs that are accessible, collaborative, and needed. Her work is based on the Principles of Design Justice, a network that she has supported as a volunteer, a Steering Committee member, and now serves part-time as contract staff. She supports and is active in various community groups based in Tkaronto (Toronto, ON).

You can see more about her here: victoriabarnett.com

Operations and Membership Manager + Node and Working Group (WG) Support 

Staff email address:
djninaction@gmail.com

BIO

Communications Specialist, Rene Joy is a writer, artist, tabletop gamer, and peer support specialist focused on social justice, equity and trauma recovery. Her practice is informed by her lived experience as a trauma survivor and systems thinker, helping others safely connect deeply personal moments with powerful universal movements through shared language and collaborative storytelling. She regularly partners with regional or project-based initiatives to elevate the power of those most impacted by inequitable systems in service of better worlds, brighter futures and liberation for all.

Visit renejoy.me to learn more about her work.

Communications Specialist - Responsibilities

Network Communications

• Create and Release Monthly Newsletter

• Promotion of Node, WG, and Network Programming & Campaigns

• Send Network Announcements

• Manage Staff & SC requests

• Respond to Occasional Social Media Request

• Website Updates

• Platform Engagement

SC & Staff Network Support

• Special / Responsive Network Communication, Announcements & Statements

  • Drafting, Presenting to SC and Sharing with Network

• Add Comms Updates to SC Agenda

  • Coordinator Report: Reporting back to Steering Committee [.5hr]

  • Generating a bi-weekly report 3 days in advance of the Steering Committee meetings

  • Communications Updates

  • Calls for Support

• Attend Steering Committee Meetings

Communication System & Communications Plan for 2023

• Produce a report on our current communication systems

• Produce a Communications Plan for 2023

Staff email address: comms@designjustice.org

Past Contractors