The pandemic has exacerbated existing equity issues and dramatically impacted the lives of millions. To discuss how different communities are dealing with and fighting the virus, RPA is hosting three panel conversations that focus on regional, national and international action.
Bringing together community organizations from the region and nationwide working on-the-ground, we’ll discuss these equity issues, what the day-to-day response work looks like and what we – individuals, civic groups, institutions, corporations and more – can do to help. From our international panel, we’ll hear how their metro regions are responding to this crisis under very different conditions.
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Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones
Senior Program Manager, Long Island Community Foundation
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Staci Berger
President and CEO, Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey
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Michelle de la Uz
Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee
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Juanita James
President & CEO, Fairfield County Community Foundation
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Moderator
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD
Professor of Urban Policy and Health, The New School
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Moderator
Vanessa Barrios
Senior Associate, State Programs & Advocacy, Regional Plan Association
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Mariana Huerta Jones
Senior Coalition & Communications Manager, Alliance for Community Transit - Los Angeles
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Debbie Liu
Community Engagement Associate, Metropolitan Planning Council
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Uma Adusumilli
Head of the Regional Planning Division of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
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Miguel Bucalem
Professor, Polytechnic School of the Universidade de São Paulo
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Miguel Gamiño
Executive Vice President for Enterprise Partnerships and the Head of Global Cities, Mastercard
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Moderator
Moses Gates
Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning, Regional Plan Association
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Jill Warren
co-Chief Executive Officer, European Cyclist Federation
