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Partners in Justice! Join the Environmental Justice PPN members at our very first Annual Meeting this year in Chicago! The Environmental Justice PPN will be meeting Sunday, November 8 at 1:40-2:15pm in PPN Room 2 on the EXPO floor near ASLA Central. Please join us as we discuss initiatives and goals for 2016!
Environmental Justice Sessions The 2015 ASLA Annual Meeting in Chicago offers a variety of learning opportunities for professionals interested in environmental justice. Be sure to check out the EJ education sessions at this year’s Annual Meeting:
Friday, November 6
FRI-A10 Paths to Diversity: A Cross-Generational Exploration Featured Speakers: Stephen L Carter, FASLA, Janelle Johnson, ASLA, Luis F Gonzalez, ASLA, Sandra J Gonzalez, FASLA FRI-B01 Designing with the Homeless Featured Speakers: Katherine Eastman, ASLA, Anna Gagne, Carol Mayer-Reed, FASLA, Randy T. Hester, FASLA FRI-C06 The Landscape of Gentrification Featured Speakers: Jennifer Wolch, Kathleen King, Associate ASLA, Dan Pitera, Winnifred CurranSaturday, November 7
SAT-A05 Measuring Environmental Justice Featured Speakers: Kurt Culbertson, FASLA, Randy T. Hester, FASLA, Lara Lasky, Cali Pfaff, ASLASunday, November 8
SUN-B11 Landscape Architecture and Design Post-Sandy: New Paradigms of Resilience Featured Speakers: Jamie Torres Springer, Cecilia Kushner, Pippa Brashear, ASLA, Barbara Wilks, FASLAEnvironmental Justice PPN Meeting (PPN Room 2 on the EXPO floor)
Monday, November 9
MON-A01 Designing for Cultural Identity: Chicago Case Studies Featured Speakers: Ernie C. Wong, ASLA, Juan G. Moreno, Lee Bey, Terry Guen, FASLA MON-A07 Helping Communities Activate Vacant Land Featured Speakers: Zakcq Lockrem, Asakura Robinson, Josh Lippert, ASLA, Wayne A Mortensen, Dominique Davison MON-B02 Accessible Design as Good Design: A Conversation from the Field Featured Speakers: Sean Sanger, ASLA, Stuart Seaborn, Barbara Knecht, Josh Safdie MON-D06 Access and Experience: A Best-Practice Primer for Inclusive Design Featured Speakers: Thomas McCarthy, ASLA, Stuart Weinreb, ASLA, Jennifer Brooke, ASLAFor questions or comments, please contact Kathleen King and/or Julie Stevens for questions or comments regarding this year’s inaugural Environmental Justice PPN meeting at the ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo in Chicago November 6-9, 2015.
by Julie Stevens, ASLA, and Kathleen King, Associate ASLA, Founding Co-Chairs of the Environmental Justice PPN