At the Closing Workshop of the 2023 MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), our Mayoral Fellows participated in panel discussions led by Just City Lab Founder & Director Toni L. Griffin.
In conversation with Harvard GSD planning and design students, Mayoral Fellows explored the efforts their cities are taking to embed equity and justice goals in government processes and practices.
Watch the conversation below:
Panel 1: Mobility as an Infrastructure of Access & Connectivity
Opening Remarks: Sarah Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture, Harvard GSD; Maya Hering, Design & Creative Placemaking Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts; Trinity Simons Wagner, Executive Director, MICD
Albuquerque, NM Mayor Tim Keller
Monroe, LA Mayor Friday Ellis
LatinGSD Representative Sophia Castell
Design.able Representative Hannah Wong
Moderated by Toni L. Griffin, Founder and Director, The Just City Lab, Harvard GSD
Panel 2: Neighborhoods as Infrastructures of Inclusion & Opportunity
Pensacola, FL Mayor D.C. Reeves
Albany, NY Mayor Kathy Sheehan
Santa Fe, NM Mayor Alan Webber
HUPO Representative Gianina Yumul
LatinGSD Representative Rodrigo Martel Orihuela
Moderated by Toni L. Griffin
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