Suzie McMurtry
DESIGNER Researcher & ArtistSuzie is inviting her neighborhood to enter a portal to a future where civic assemblies are a common way SF navigates climate resilience.
SOCIAL FUTURESDISTRICT 7
ABOUT SUZIE
Suzie is systems-minded, socioecologically curious, and future-thinking. As a fellow, she’s exercising a belief in the possibility of greater social and institutional trust. She believes in public systems that aren’t afraid to change, but don’t reinvent the wheel. She believes in a California where civic decision-makers can create systems that are responsive to real data, deeply human, and held together by a shared mission for long-term, interspecies thriving.
She is a design researcher, with experience spanning from the UK government’s Policy Lab to designing workshops connecting undergraduate fashion students to garden-grown dye plants. She is also an artist, most at peace when weaving, sewing, watching mycelium grow, taking photos, or working with wood.
INTERESTSDeliberative Democracy, Policy Innovation, Climate Resilience, Circular Materials, Traditional Ecological Knowledge
VISIONAll residents can build creative confidence, social trust is on the rise, and there’s tool libraries in every neighborhood.
Civic Summons 2046
Neighborhood Assembly from the Future
Step into a future where we shape neighborhood climate resilience together and civic assemblies are a celebrated part of San Francisco life.
July 5 & 12 2026 • 3:30-6:00PMMiraloma Park Improvement Club Clubhouse, 350 O’Shaughnessy Blvd, San Francisco
Suzie’s Picks
Check out some of the materials and resources that have helped shape Suzie’s visions for what could be.
Red Flag Warning
Essays
Trick Mirror
Essays
The Point
FILM