Event Information
Description
Spaces & Places 2019: People. Power. Justice. will assemble urbanists and community leaders for a day of learning and exchange in Oakland, California. The convening will highlight the work of Oakland-based changemakers in a two-part event.
The WORKSHOP-3.5 CM Credits (1:00 - 4:30 pm) will bring together local organizations for a panel presentation and interactive breakout sessions organized around the following topics:
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Collective & Cooperative Power
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Affordability, Housing & Homelessness
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Climate Change, Displacement & Environmental Justice
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Black Cultural Districts
The workshop will be immediately followed by a celebratory RECEPTION (5:00 - 7:00 pm) where participants can network and exchange over light catering and drinks.
Spaces & Places 2019 would not be possible without the generosity of the following sponsors and supporters:
Platinum
Muse Community + Design
Next City
Gold
WSP
WXY
Silver
Spirit for Change Consulting, LLC
LOCUS
Bronze
BlackSpace
Enterprise Community Partners
Recast City
Friend
Contente Consulting, Inc.
Eric Shaw
MZ Strategies
Media Partner
Next City
In-Kind Supporters
APA Housing and Community Development Division
Organizer Spaces & Places
Organizer of Spaces & Places 2019: People. Power. Justice.
Spaces & Places is a grassroots network of urban planners, policymakers, and designers formed in 2016 to amplify urban planning and design work led by and with communities of color.
Organizing Committee
Aldea Coleman, North Carolina Department of Transportation & BlackSpace
Amanda Miller, Hoffmann Architects
Amina Hassen, WXY Studio & BlackSpace
Antoine Bryant, Moody Nolan & Houston Planning Commission
Germane Barnes, University of Miami
Donald Taylor-Patterson, U3 Advisors
Ifeoma Ebo, NYC HPD & BlackSpace Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice & BlackSpace
Justin G. Moore, AICP, NYC Public Design Commission & BlackSpace
Justine Johnson, New York City Economic Development Corporation & BlackSpace
Nicole H.Bennett, AICP, Cincar Consulting Group
Sonja Ewing, AICP, Prince George’s County Parks & Recreation
Natasha Hicks, Harvard University School Innovation Lab
Renee Skeete, PhD, Sapodilla Group
Shannon Teasley, SRT Management