Smart Growth America’s Equity Summit 2024 | Smart Growth America | 27 March 2024 | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Venue
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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| Event Date |
Wed Mar 27 PDT - Thu Mar 28 PDT (9 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Wed Mar 27 3:00am - Thu Mar 28 3:00am |
| Location |
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA |
| Region | Americas |
Details
The Summit gathers housing, transportation, and community development advocates and leaders to learn from one another and identify tools to advance racial equity through smart growth. This Summit will uplift strategies to advance racial equity in smart growth amidst growing political uncertainty in 2024 and beyond, as well as a shift away from explicit equity initiatives by elected officials, state agencies, and the private sector.
What to expect
The Summit aims to connect movement leaders, identify key needs within the field, and build a community of mutual support and encouragement among practitioners who may be discouraged by resistance to meaningful progress. At this Summit, we’ll present keynotes, panel discussions, small group sessions, and local organization “field trips.” These activities will allow participants to gain insights into the successes and challenges of racial equity projects in the smart growth space, emphasizing cultural organizing, lived experience integration, and inclusive wealth building.
Speakers
2024 Speakers
April De Simone
Founder, Managing Principal, NOMA
Kathy Flanagan-Payton
President and CEO, Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation
Ayesha Hudson
Chief Executive Officer A-Peace, LLC
Toccarra Nicole Thomas, AICP
Director of Land Use and Development, Smart Growth America
Shanti Abedin
VP of Housing and Community Development National Fair Housing Alliance
Charles T. Brown
Founder & CEO, Equitable Cities LLC
Nimotalai Azeez
Deputy Program Administrator Department of For-Hire Vehicles
Dr. Jacqueline Echoles
Board President & Environmental Justice Advocate South River Watershed Alliance
Governor Parris Glendening
State of Maryland (1995-2003)
Rhea Goswami
Founder and Executive Director Environmental Justice Coalition
Willow Lung-Amam
Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning University of Maryland, College Park
Manuel T. Ochoa
Founder and Principal Ochoa Urban Collaborative
Lily Pabian
Executive Director, We Love Buford Highway
Jenn Tran
Community Organizer, Viet Place Collective
Portia Allen-Kyle
Chief Advisor Color, Change
Dr. Stephen Arhin
Director and Professor, Howard University Transportation Research Center
Nedra Deadwyler
Social Worker & Cultural Preservationist Civil Bikes & Save Your Spaces
Jeremiah Lowery
Director of Advocacy, Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Dr. Jamilla Porter
Chief of Staff, Strategic Advisor de Beaumont Foundation
Jacob Smith
Executive Director, National Organizations for Youth Safety
Nandi Taylor, MPH
Ph.D. Student, Department of Edpidemiology UNC Gillins School of Global Public Health
Sponsors & Partners
2024 Sponsors
INNOVATION LEADER SPONSOR:
• AARP
COMMUNITY BUILDERS:
• ARUP
• CityHealth
• The Low Income Investment Fund
• NAR
• PG&E
EQUITY ADVOCATES:
• Center for Planning Excellence
• Greater Greater Washington
• Opticos