Technology can drive equity, but without intentional design, it may reinforce systemic inequalities. This forum examines how critical GIS, guided by abolitionist strategies, can serve as a transformative tool to mitigate harm, amplify equity, and spark civic imagination. This session featured a compelling lecture and presentation by Nick Okafor, founder and executive director of trubel&co, who discussed “Liberatory Innovation: Critical GIS as a Tool for Civic Imagination.”
