2020 Parks as democracy? conference (virtual)
what's in a name?
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DAY 1: PARKS, STATUES, AND THE STATE OF OUR DEMOCRACY Featuring: Students of Village Leadership Academy, speakers and honorees Maria Saldaña, FOTP Board Chair, MC Cindy Mitchell, FOTP co-founder, panelist Heather Miller,Wyandotte Nation, panelist Romina Castillo, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, panelist We kicked off the conference by honoring the students of Village Leadership Academy with our 2020 Parktivist Award for the #ChangeTheName campaign to honor Frederick and Anna Douglass with Douglass Park. |
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DAY 2: DEFUND? REIMAGINE? EXAMINING PARK INVESTMENTS, POLICING, AND PARK SECURITY MODELS
Featuring: Elvia Rodriguez Ochoa, FOTP Director of Neighborhood Parks, MC Ald. Daniel La Spata, Keynote Speaker Ald. Chris Taliaferro, respondent Morgan Malone, founder of Resisting in Place, panelist Jackie Serrato, South Side Weekly, panelist Karl Brinson, West Side NAACP, panelist Maureen Kelleher, Cornell Square Park, panelist |
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DAY 3 WORKSHOP: DUSABLE AS CHICAGO'S FOUNDER: WHAT TO MAKE OF THE TITLE AND WHETHER IT MATTERS Featuring: Dr. Serge Pierre Louis, former President of the DuSable Heritage Association and former FOTP board member, MC Dr. Courtney Joseph, historian, DuSable Heritage Association, panelist Monica Rickert-Bolter, American Indian Center, panelist Paul Montes, President of DuSable Park PAC, panelist |
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DAY 4 WORKSHOP: CDF WHAT? A POLLUTION DUMP ON THE LAKEFRONT Featuring: Mila Marshall, Environmentalists of Color, MC Amalia NietoGomez, Alliance of the SouthEast, panelist Pat Sharkey, FOTP board member, panelist Ders Anderson, Openlands, panelist |