Location: Virtual
Equitable development, a new concept in planning and community development, holds great promise for helping low-income and minority communities become places that provide economic opportunity, affordable living, and cultural expression for all residents. It is built on the basic principle that current residents will play a central role in shaping the projects, programs, and policies that affect them and their community.
However lofty its goals, achieving equitable development is complicated and challenging. In this half-day virtual symposium (rescheduled from the Spring), leading practitioners and scholars from Washington, DC, Detroit, and Boston will explore three notable efforts to bring equitable development to their communities. The presentations and discussions will help students, scholars, community leaders, public officials and others identify innovative strategies and successful approaches to advancing social justice goals in low-income and largely minority neighborhoods.
Featured Speakers:
Darnell Adams, Vice-President Program Implementation, Invest Detroit
Maureen Anway, Associate, Neighborhoods, Invest Detroit
Kimberly Driggins, Executive Director, Washington Housing Conservancy, 2015-2016 Loeb Fellow
Christopher Herbert, Managing Director, Joint Center for Housing Studies; Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Alex Krieger, Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Interim Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, GSD
Vaughn Perry, Equitable Development Manager, Building Bridges Across the River, Washington, DC
Jermaine R. Ruffin, Development Director-West Region, Detroit Department of Housing and Revitalization
Lily Song, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design
Alexander von Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, Joint Center for Housing Studies and Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, GSD
Others to be announced
Co-Sponsor(s): GSD Department of Urban Planning and Design, The Loeb Fellowship