This guide is a part of a suite of resources that system leaders can use to help facilitate participatory systems change depending on local context and locally defined goals.

Participatory systems change for equity centers the experiences, wisdom, and motivations of those who are closest to systemic equity challenges to make sense of and transform system conditions toward opportunity and well-being through collective action. The framework draws on principles of community cultural wealth, participatory methods, and complex systems thinking.

This overview of the framework outlines its guiding principles, explains the seven elements of participatory change for equity, and provides a visual model of the framework.