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SUMMARY:Vacant Acres Symposium: Advocates From All Over the World!
DESCRIPTION:The Tishman Environment and Design Center at the New School is teaming up with 596 Acres and practitioners from around the world for a 2-day symposium about transforming vacant land into community resources. Neat! \nAPRIL 22\, 2014: THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE\n66 West 12th Street\, Room 510\n1:30 pm – 1:45 pm\nCoffee and Registration \n1:45 pm – 2:00 pm\nWelcome\nAlan McGowan\, Chair and Professor\, Environmental Studies\,The New School\, NYC\nPaula Z. Segal\, Director\, 596 Acres\, Brooklyn \n2:00 pm – 3:15 pm\nIdentifying Opportunities & Facilitating Transformations: Creating Oases in All Our New Yorks \nModerated by Laura J. Lawson\, Chair and Professor of Landscape Architecture\, Rutgers University\, New Jersey \nThe history of community gardening in NYC\nHaja and Cindy Worley\, Gardeners\, NYC Community Garden Coalition \nNYC’s unique program for making municipal land available for community use\nNancy Kohn\, Director\, NYC Parks Department GreenThumb \nDesign solutions for transforming community gardens into inclusive space\nMartin Barry\, Green Infrastructure Fellow\, Design Trust for Public Space \nPotential incentives for private land-owners to make their land available to neighbors\nAssembly Member Joseph Lentol\, New York State Assembly \nRunning a farm on a privately-owned vacant lot in Brooklyn\nMeera Bhat\, Farmer\, Prospect Farm\, Brooklyn \n3:15pm – 4:00 pm\nProtecting Community Access to Land: Keeping Our Greens\nModerated by Paula Z. Segal\, Director\, 596 Acres\, Brooklyn \nThe role of public trust doctrine & litigation\nLegal Teams and Plaintiffs from the LaGuardia Corner & Boardwalk Community Gardens:\nAziz Dehkan\, Executive Director\, NYC Community Garden Coalition\nJoel Kupferman\, Esq.\, Attorney for Coney Island Boardwalk Garden\, Brooklyn\nEllen Horan\, Gardener\, LaGuardia Corner Gardens\, Manhattan\nSara Vacchiano\, Esq.\, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP\, Attorneys for LaGuardia Corner Gardens \nTransparency\, accountability & legislation\nRaymond Figueroa Reyes\, Board President\, NYC Community Garden Coalition \n4:00 pm – 5:00 pm\nEstablishing Long Term Management: In Perpetuity\nModerated by Robert Crauderueff\, Crauderueff & Associates\, Inc. \nNon-profit ownership and the role of design and capital projects\nChris Vanterpool\, Director of Capital Administration\, New York Restoration Project \nThe land trust model of protection for community property\nDemetrice Mills\, Board President\, Brooklyn Queens Land Trust \nCombining housing and community space through a community land trust on the Lower East Side\nKaty Lyle\, Board Member\, Cooper Square Community Land Trust \nBuilding capacity for more community property in New York City\nArvernetta Henry\, Member\, Picture the Homeless\, NYC Community Land Initiative \n \nAPRIL 23\, 2014: SHARING BEST PRACTICES FROM AROUND THE WORLD\n55 West 13th Street\,Theresa Lang Community and Student Center\n8:30 am – 9:00 am\nCoffee and Registration \n9:00 am – 9:30 am\nWelcome\nLaura Auricchio\, Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies\, The New School\, NYC USA\nPaula Z. Segal\, Director\, 596 Acres\, Brooklyn NY USA \n9:30 am – 12:00 pm\nSession 1: Identifying Opportunities & Facilitating Transformations\nModerated by Paula Z. Segal\, Director\, 596 Acres\, Brooklyn NY USA \nGaelle Janvier\, Project Director\, Alternatives\, Montreal Canada\nChelina Odbert\, Co-founder\, Executive Director\, Kuonkey Design Initiative\, OH USA\nJeffrey Kruth\, Urban Designer\, KSU Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative\, OH USA\nBob Grossman\, Director\, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society\, PA USA\nGil Lopez\, Co-founder\, Smiling Hogshead Ranch\, Queens NY USA\nIsrael Cruz\,T.I.L.L. Program Manager\, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust\, CA USA\nSara Longo\, Doctoral Candidate\, UC Davis Department of Human Ecology\, Davis CA USA\nMark Glassock\, Policy Analyst\, Community Health Councils\, Inc.\, Los Angeles CA USA\nThomas Gooch\, Co-founder\, 3\,000 Acres\, Melbourne Australia\nSanjay Kharod\, Executive Director\, New Orleans Food and Farm Network\, LA USA \n12:00 pm – 12:30 pm\nSession 1 Activity \n12:30 pm – 1:30 pm\nLunch Break \n1:30 pm – 2:30 pm\nSession 2: Protecting Community Access to Land\nModerated by Mark Glassock\, Policy Analyst\, Community Health Councils\, Los Angeles CA USA \nBecky Lundberg Witt\, Staff Attorney\, Baltimore Community Law Center MD USA\nAissa Richardson\, President\, African American United Fund\, Philadelphia PA USA\nMarco Clausen\, Co-founder\, Prinzessinnengarten\, Berlin Germany\nFarida Vis\, Research Fellow\, Everyday Growing Cultures\, Manchester UK\nAresh Javadi\, Executive Director\, and members of More Gardens!\, NYC USA \n2:30 pm – 3:00 pm\nSession 2 Activity\n \n3:00 pm – 4:00 pm\nSession 3: Developing Models for Predictable Land Tenure\nModerated by Amy Laura Cahn\, Garden Justice Legal Initiative\, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia\, PA USA \nJohanna Rosen\, Program Associate\, Farms for Farmers Program\, Equity Trust\, Amherst MA USA\nMiriam Avins\, Executive Director\, Baltimore Green Space\, MD USA\nThiago Soares Barbizan\, Architect and Urban Planner\, Cidades Sem Fome/Cities Without Hunger\, Sao Paulo Brasil\nJennifer Kates\, Esq.\, Legislative Assistant\, City Council\, Philadelphia PA USA \n4:00 pm – 4:30 pm\nSession 3 Activity \n4:30 pm – 5:30 pm\nSession 4: Establishing Long Term Land Management\nModerated by Sanjay Kharod\, Executive Director\, New Orleans Food and Farm Network\, LA USA \nMatt Delsesto\, Urban Activist and Scholar-Practitioner\, Boston Food Project\, MA USA\nKevin Egolf\, Director of Business Development\, Iroquois Valley Farms\, NY USA\nBen Helphand\, Executive Director\, NeighborSpace\, Chicago IL USA\nJacqueline Hand\, Esq.\, Professor of Law\, Univ. of Detroit Mercy School of Law\, MI USA\nShane Bernardo\, Outreach Coordinator\, Earthworks Urban Farm\, Detroit MI USA \n5:30 pm – 6:00 pm\nSession 4 Activity \n6:00 pm – 7:00 pm\nClose and Reception\nWine and hors d’oeuvres will be served \n
URL:http://596acres.org/events/vacant-acres-symposium-advocates-from-all-over-the-world/
LOCATION:New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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