Program Schedule
If you missed the conference or just want a refresher on what was covered, follow the links below to jump to each speaker.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, NOON TO 2PM
First Half, 12pm-1pm
“On The Table”—a facilitated discussion about issues that FOTP and PACs/park partners may want to lift up as part of candidate questionnaires for the municipal election (mayoral and aldermanic).
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, NOON TO 2PM
First Half, 12pm-1pm
“On The Table”—a facilitated discussion about issues that FOTP and PACs/park partners may want to lift up as part of candidate questionnaires for the municipal election (mayoral and aldermanic).
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, NOON TO 2PM
First Half, 12pm-1pm
- Welcome: Juanita Irizarry, Executive Director
- Opening Remarks: Bronwyn Nichols Lodato, FOTP Board Chair
- Guest Speaker: Dede Petri of Olmsted 200/National Association of Olmsted Parks
Reflections on Olmsted’s legacy and its application to Chicago. - Signature Award Presentation: The Washington Park Camera Club will receive the “Olmsted Award”
After sharing their digital exhibit, “South Park Then and Now,” representatives discussed it within the frame of Olmsted and parks as democratic spaces and engaged in Q & A with the audience.
“On The Table”—a facilitated discussion about issues that FOTP and PACs/park partners may want to lift up as part of candidate questionnaires for the municipal election (mayoral and aldermanic).
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, NOON TO 2PM
First Half, 12pm-1pm
- Welcome: Keith M. Kelley, FOTP Board Vice-Chair and Advocacy Committee Chair
- Opening Remarks: Juanita Irizarry, Executive Director
Heartfelt reflections about the challenges of combatting the unpermitted building project undertaken in a non-democratic process by the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in historic Humboldt Park, despite her personal history of support for the museum’s agenda and many personal, professional, and political relationships with key museum leaders, A former local aldermanic candidate herself, she will call for candidates in the 26th Ward aldermanic race to answer questions about their role in the debacle and how they would lead to remedy this situation. - Panel Presentation: Parktivists working to ensure more democratic processes and products for healthy and equitable parks and their surrounding communities
- Amy Lardner, Chicago History Museum’s expansion and its impact on protected herons
- Alfredo Romo, Neighbors for Environmental Justice’s environmental justice campaign against MAT Asphalt regarding McKinley Park and the Damen silos.
- Lara Weber, Welles Park neighbors’ fight against lights for night baseball games
- Anton Adkins, the Douglass Park neighbors’ No Riot Fest campaign
- VIP (Volunteers-in-Parks) Awards Presentation: Click here to read about each VIP.
“On The Table”—a facilitated discussion about issues that FOTP and PACs/park partners may want to lift up as part of candidate questionnaires for the municipal election (mayoral and aldermanic).
SPONSOR LIST (in formation)
Nancy Juda and Jens Brasch
Fred Bates and Ellen Benjamin
Lauren Moltz and John Clement
Nancy Juda and Jens Brasch
Fred Bates and Ellen Benjamin
Lauren Moltz and John Clement
Pete Leki
Deborah Strauss
Barbara Provus
Laura Derks, Nature, Culture, and Human Health Network
Michael Rachlis
Frank Beal
Deborah Strauss
Barbara Provus
Laura Derks, Nature, Culture, and Human Health Network
Michael Rachlis
Frank Beal
