Informing Justice: A Conversation about the Role of Design in Building Equitable Communities

In the wake of events in Ferguson, Staten Island, and around the country, three organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Design will come together to host an interactive conversation about the role of urban design in social justice and equity.

Sponsored by the Joint Center for Housing StudiesThe Loeb Fellowship, and the African American Student Union, the event will feature a dialogue among leading design, architecture, and planning professionals, exploring the power of urban form and the responsibility of design professionals in the creation of more just communities. The panel will be followed by a brainstorming session where attendees will collaborate on effective design responses to racial injustice and concentrated poverty.

The event will be live webcast, and viewers will be able to join the conversation, and Tweet questions to the panel, with #informingjustice.

Panelists include moderator Michael Hays (Eliot Noyes Professor of Architectural Theory & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Harvard Graduate School of Design), Kimberly Dowdell (Fellow, Sheila C. Johnson Leadership Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School),Theresa Hwang (Director of Community Design and Planning, Skid Row Housing Trust & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Woodbury University), and Seitu Jones (artist and former Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design).

Harvard University welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the Public Programs Office at (617) 496-2414 or [email protected] in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for American Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance. Please note that the University will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.

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