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Recent Presentations, Lectures + Panel Discussions:

• Landscape Architecture Magazine Panel Discussion, A Plague x Two: Black Designers on the Landscapes of Public Health and Public Violence, June 22, 2020

• Michigan ASLA, Design Justice and Community Engagement: A Designer’s Role in Landscape Architecture, July30, 2020

• City College of New York, Master of Landscape Architecture Program, “Detroit’s Productive Landscapes,” October 21, 2020

• Harvard Graduate School of Design, Landscape Practices Seminar, Panel on Race + Practice, October 23, 2020

• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Conference, Community Design Centers: Community Table Panel Discussion, November 6, 2020

• “Considering Language and Word Value,” Association for Community Design Annual Conference, September 2020

• A New Way Forward: Reimagining the Nonprofit Workplace, “Creative Design Solutions for the Workplace,” Co.Act Detroit, panelist, July 2020

• Capital Impact Partners, Equitable Development Initiative, “Engaging Residents & Community Stakeholders as part of the Real Estate Development Process, panelist, May 2020

• AIA Cincinnati VISION, “Pocket Parks to Policy: Collaborative Practice & Community-Engaged Design,” February 2020

• “Reimagining the Civic Commons: Detroit Project Summary,” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, The Value of Inclusive Places for Health, Equity, and Well-being Workshop, February 2020

• “Value-Based Education: A Case for Biased Pedagogies and Practices in Detroit,” Environmental Design Research Association 51st Annual Conference, co-authored with Claudia Bernasconi and Virginia Stanard, April 2020

• Guest lecture, Boston Architectural College, “Gateway Fall 2020 | Contested Territories: Design + Justice,” November 2020

• Presentation, Charrette Venture Group Partners Round Table

• Presentation, Salazar Architect, Inc. speaker series, October 2020

• “Community Engagement in Times of COVID-19: A Peer-to-Peer Conversation,” Webinar, Association for Community Design, December 2020, with Hester Street Collaborative

• “Navigating Change,” Association of Architecture Organizations, December 2020, with Anne-Marie Lubenau and Ann Yoachim

• Pathways to Equity Virtual Program, Module 4: Strategies & Practices, Panel: Community Engagement During These Times, Guest Speaker + Panelist, December 2020

• ACSA 107th Annual Meeting: “Avis + Elsmere: Time as a Design Tool for Community” & Panel Discussion on Teaching Community Engagement, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2019

• Legacy Cities Community of Practice Convening 2; “Innovations in Community Engagement,” Akron, OH, March 2019

• Association for Community Design 42nd Annual Conference: People+ in Greenwood, MS, June 2019, “Diversifying the Professional Development Pipeline,” “People of Color Birthing New Design Genres,” “The Detroit Collaborative Design Center: Engaging Youth for Equitable Outcomes” + “Evaluating Engagement”

• Community Development Symposium: “Cultural Asset Mapping in International Programs: Cuba and Brazil,” Detroit, MI, May 2019

• National Organization of Minority Architects Annual Conference: Believe the Hype in Brooklyn, NY August 2019, “Loving Strangers through the Built Environment,” “Engaging Youth for Equitable Outcomes”

• ACSA Fall Conference: “Co-Creation: Collaborative Design Practice as Pedagogy,” Stanford, CA, September 2019

• Better World by Design, “Meeting People Where They Are At: Community Engagement that Interrupts Daily Rhythms,” Providence, RI, September 2019

• Detroit Sustainability Forum, “Treehouses and Learning Landscapes,” Detroit, MI, October 2019

• Bioneers, “Collaborating with Youth for Future Generations,” Detroit, MI, October 2019

• Symposium: Commons and Communities, panel discussion on “How do we practice for sharing, collaboration, empowerment and engagement in communities,” Copenhagen, November 2019 

• American Society of Landscape Architects National Conference: “Achieving Diversity, Inclusion and Equity: Black Landscape Architects Panel Discussion,” San Diego, CA, November 2019

Recent Conference Planning:

• Bioneers, Program Planning Committee, October 2019

• Community Development Education Symposium, Co-Lead Organizer, May 2019

Recent Participation in Conferences:

• American Society of Landscape Architects, November 2020

• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Conference, June 2020

• Detroit GIS Day, November 2020

• Building the Engine of Community Development in Detroit, 5th Annual Summit, December 2020

• Environmental Design Research Association 51st Annual Conference, April 2020

• Design Futures Student Leadership Forum + Faculty Convening, January + July 2020

• Detroit Food Summit, March 2019

• AIA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV, May 2019

• Knight Public Spaces Forum, Philadelphia, PA, June 2019

• Ecodistrict Summit, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2019

• Civic Commons Capstone, Washington DC, December 2019

Recent Presentations to Visiting Groups and Students:

• University of Michigan, international researchers for a food-water-energy workshop, SUGI FEW program, July 2019

• Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy, November 2019

• Masters of Community Development Program, University of Detroit Mercy: Cultural Asset Mapping in Brazil, Detroit, MI, April 2019

• Presentation to Challenge Detroit Fellows, “Community Engagement Best Practices,” Detroit, MI, September 2019

• Denmark + US Travel + Talk, September 2019

• Presentation to University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture Students, “Lunch and Learn with DCDC,” Detroit, MI, November 2019

Boards and Committees:

• Association for Community Design, Board Member, Research Committee

• Design As Protest, Core Organizer, Field Organizing Committee

• Design Future Leadership Forum + Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Cohort Faculty

• Dark Matter University, Core Organizer

• American Society of Landscape Architects, Member

• Michigan Society of Landscape Architects, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Committee Member

• National Organization of Minority Architects, Member, Faculty Advisor

• Black Landscape Architects Network, Member and Treasurer

• Fulbright-Hays Fellow

• Dunamis Community Development Corporation, Board Member

• Denby Neighborhood Alliance, Advisory Committee

• Landscape Architecture Foundation Scholarship for Inclusive Community Design, Juror

• Cass Avenue Bridge Project Public Art, Committee Member

• Cuba Cultural Asset Mapping, Project Advisor

• Detroit Eagles Athletic Club, Board Member

• Charles H. Wright Museum, Advisory Council Member

• University of Detroit Mercy African American Studies Program, Advisory Committee Member

• University of Detroit Mercy Master of Community Development Advisory Board

• AIA Housing + Community Development Knowledge Community Advisory Group

• Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship Selection Committee Advisor

• Wayne State University Transformative Research in Urban Sustainability and Training (T-RUST) Graduate Program Advisory Board

• Converge, National Science Foundation, Bridging Community Needs and Research through Action-Oriented Co-Design, Working Group Member

• ACSA 109th Annual Meeting Expanding the View, Reviewer

• University of Detroit Mercy Strategic Planning Implementation Committee

• 2019 Chair, AIA Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group

• Wayne State University Transformative Research in Urban Sustainability and Training Advisory Board

• USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant, “Building Capacity and Diffusing Innovation in Community Development Education,” Co-Principle Investigator

• Association for Community Design, Board Member

• Bleeding Heart Design, Board Secretary

• Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, Board President

• American Institute of Architecture Committee on the Environment, Co-Chair and Fundraising Lead

• Restor’n E. Warren, Resident Participant

• Dunamis Community Development Corporation, Board Member

• Black Landscape Architects Network Advisory Committee

• Denby Neighborhood Alliance Advisory Committee

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture Thesis Advisor