Can I use the equality vs equity illustration in my book/video/presentation/etc?
Yes! You do not need written permission to reproduce the work. Read below for information on the license under which the illustrations are released.
What kind of license are the images released under?
The 2, 3, and 4-panel cartoons are released and licensed under a Creative Commons Noncommercial Sharealike 4.0 license. “Noncommercial” means it may not be used for applications primarily intended for commercial advantage or monetary compensation. You can reuse and remix, as long as new versions are released under the same license. It may be included in items for sale, such as text books, as long as it is not the central element in a commercial product (like on a mug or t-shirt).
How do I indicate credit for the 2-panel Equality/Equity illustration?
Image Credit: Interaction Institute for Social Change | Artist: Angus Maguire
In addition, if the work will be online, even in PDF or ePub format, please include links to the respective names in the attribution:
interactioninstitute.org and madewithangus.com respectively
How do I indicate credit for the 3- or 4-panel Equality/Equity/Liberation illustration?
Image Credit: A collaboration between Center for Story-based Strategy & Interaction Institute for Social Change.
With links to https://www.storybasedstrategy.org/the4thbox and http://interactioninstitute.org/ respectively for digital formats.
I have a different version than the 2, 3, or 4 box versions described in the last answers, what should I do?
If you are using a version that is NOT one of those indicated above, then you need to be careful. First, there are many other illustrations floating around that use the same or similar metaphors to engage on issues of power and equity. Nothing on this site is meant to imply permission to use those other illustrations created by other artists. This page only indicates guidance and permissions for the images that use the linework and color schemes illustrated here.
You may also have found an image that closely matches the ones here, but with additional elements, changes and framing, that is, a remix of the materials here built upon by another artist. In this case, it is up to you to research and provide credit to the additional artist — though seeking permission isn’t strictly necessary because any work built on this original illustration is required to be released with the same license.
Here is an example of how you might credit one of these:
Image Credit: Equality/Equity/Liberation image is a collaboration between Center for Story-based Strategy & Interaction Institute for Social Change. "Reality" panel created by Andrew Weizeman.
If you have a version with one or more panels that are remixes of this work, but for which you cannot find attribution, please indicate that in your citation, like so:
Image Credit: Equality/Equity/Liberation image is a collaboration between Center for Story-based Strategy & Interaction Institute for Social Change. The panel(s) titled ________ and ________ are remixes by an unknown artist.
Or, in the case you are using your own remix:
Image Credit: This is an original remix of #the4thBox Equality/Equity/Liberation image, a collaboration between Center for Story-based Strategy & Interaction Institute for Social Change.
I just want to use the 2-panel Equality vs Equity image, is that ok?
We’d like to encourage you to read this webpage about the image. It summarizes the thinking of the artist and the organizations that worked to create it, and how our thinking has changed since we first put out the 2-panel version — and why we want to encourage folks to bring in the third and even fourth boxes of the cartoon, to complicate some of the conversations and assumptions that happen when we only use the 2-panel version.
Where did this idea come from, I’ve seen several other versions?
You should read Craig Froehle’s long read on all the images that use similar metaphors, since his original 2012 illustration, The Evolution of an Accidental Meme.
Where can I find high-resolution versions of the images?
You can download high-resolution versions of the illustrations here. If you are wanting to experiment and remix the work, you can download the Photoshop files here.
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