Centre for the Living City-Join us for the second discussion in our Jane Jacobs Lecture series explore the kind of opportunities post covid cities are. This panel discussion explores the role of Main Streets through Mindy Thompson Fullilove’s method that she writes about in her book, Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All.
The panelists are Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Molly Rose Kaufman, Jacqueline Castaneda and Aditi Nair. This session is moderated by Nupur Chaudhury.
Date: March 24, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM Pacific Time
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PANELISTS
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, LFAPA, Hon AIA, is a social psychiatrist and professor of urban policy and health at The New School. She has published over 100 scientific papers and eight books. among them Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It, and Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted-Out Cities.
Jacqueline Castaneda is a researcher and urban strategist specialized in urban design, infrastructures and public policy. She has an academic background in Architecture and a Master’s degree in Design and Urban Ecologies at Parsons School of Design, The New School. She worked as a strategist and designer for different institutions of the Mexican government, in the international firms MIC Mobility in Chain (Italy) and Carlo Ratti Associati (Italy), and as a researcher at Parsons School of Design (United States).
Molly Rose Kaufman is the Co-Director and Provost of the University of Orange, a free school of urbanism in Orange, NJ. UofO builds collective capacity for our friends, neighbors, and partners to cultivate a just and equitable city. UfO offers free courses, works in local coalitions to promote education across the lifecycle, and advocates for equity in urban planning.
Aditi Nair, Designer at University of Orange and Sr. Specialist, Community Practice and Strategy at Habitat International, is an urban planner and architect with over 6 years of experience focusing on stakeholder collaboration in the planning and development of sustainable housing solutions that reflect asset-based community development and centers social justice. Aditi advocates equitable housing solutions and uses design thinking to co-create people-based solutions embedded in inclusion, diversity, and economic equity.
MODERATOR
Nupur Chaudhury is a bridge builder and translator in the fields of urban planning and public health. Throughout her career, she has developed and implemented strategies to support residents, communities, and neighborhoods challenge power structures to build just, strong, and equitable cities.
