Center for Social Inclusion
in collaboration with the
Pratt Institute Programs for Sustainable Planning & Development

The Center for Social Inclusion is a national policy strategy organization that works to identify and support policy strategies to transform structural inequity and exclusion into structural fairness and inclusion. CSI works with community groups and national organizations to develop policy ideas, foster effective leadership, and develop communications tools for an opportunity-rich world in which we all will thrive no matter our race or ethnicity.

The Pratt Institute Programs for Sustainable Planning & Development is an alliance of four programs with a shared value placed on urban sustainability defined by the “triple bottom line” of environment, equity and economy.

Media Partner:

City Limits is a New York City-based non-profit news agency that publishes investigative and in-depth reporting on urban life and policy. Through their sites CityLimits.org, BkBureau.org, and BronxBureau.org, City Limits works to strengthen community engagement on civic, economic and social-justice issues.

Program Description

OUR CLIMATE, OUR CITY, OUR FUTURE:
Hurricane Sandy One Year Later

Community Conversations on Environmental Justice & Rebuilding

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There is an imminent and critical need for diverse communities, particularly communities of color, to acquire the capacity to plan and develop their neighborhoods in response to climate change and attendant disasters. In recognition of that need, the Center for Social Inclusion, in collaboration with the Pratt Institute Programs for Sustainable Planning & Development, will present a series of town hall community conversations at cultural institutions located in New York City neighborhoods most impacted by Hurricane Sandy – the Lower East Side, Brooklyn and the Rockaways. With presentations from architects, planners, artists, environmental activists and community leaders, the conversations will focus on recovery, adaptation, mitigation and planning in communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

FOCUS:  LOWER EAST SIDE

Tuesday Evening, October 29, 2013, 6-7:30 PM, Reception to Follow
Hosted by
University Settlement
184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY [map]

Speakers:  

Eddie Bautista – NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
Damaris Reyes – Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
Ron Shiffman – Pratt Institute
Mazz Swift – Musician & Performance Artist
Maya Wiley – Center for Social Inclusion
Helena Wong – CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities

FOCUS:  RED HOOK, SUNSET PARK & WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

Wednesday Evening, November 6, 2013, 6-7:30 PM, Reception to Follow
Hosted By
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY [map]

Speakers:  

Eddie Bautista – NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
Tyquan Carter – Filmmaker
Ron Shiffman – Pratt Institute
Mitchell Silver, CIPA – Dept. of  City Planning, Raleigh, NC
Maya Wiley – Center for Social Inclusion
Elizabeth Yeampierre – UPROSE 

FOCUS:  ROCKAWAYS

Wednesday Evening, November 20, 2013, 6-7:30 PM, Reception to Follow
Hosted By
Queens Museum
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY [map]

Speakers:

Jeanne DuPont – Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
Tom Finkelpearl – Queens Museum
Ron Shiffman – Pratt Institute
Mazz Swift – Musician & Performance Artist
Mitchell Silver, CIPA – Dept. of  City Planning, Raleigh, NC
Maya Wiley – Center for Social Inclusion

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Special Thanks

Ballroom Marfa
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
The Public Concern Foundation