At Parsons, we have a long history of building a place where students, faculty, and administration support awareness of social injustice, and challenge cultural norms, by design.  As we reflect on the unprecedented global outcomes during the 16/17 academic year, we will continue to face the elephant(s) in the room, our ‘glocal’ social, economic and environmental challenges, in our work and everyday practices. There’s no better time for interior design education to focus on design strategies that help redirect human action that is ecologically and socially connected.