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meet
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meet the studio.<\/h1>\n

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Holding Ground Studio is a Black-owned, Black- and Indigenous-led social planning and systems design practice that helps governments, institutions, and corporate entities make more equitable decisions grounded in lived experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

We bridge the gap between communities and institutions through participatory planning, equity analysis, and systems design\u2014translating lived experience into actionable policy, planning, and investment decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We apply systems thinking and equity analysis to help institutions make decisions grounded in lived experience.<\/p>\n

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