Power After the Pandemic

The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development and the Urban Design Forum join forces to present Power After the Pandemic: Rebuilding our Post-Covid Cities. Over the coming months, we will convene civic leaders across the nation to reimagine a path toward a just recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Power After the Pandemic

We joined forces with Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD) to discuss a just city recovery from COVID-19.

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04.29.21

Power After the Pandemic: Organizing Futures

Event Power After the Pandemic
Join us in conversation with Louis Bailey, Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes, Fernando Ortiz Baez, and Hatuey Ramos-Fermin as they discuss the future of community organizing.   This past year highlighted the value of on-the-ground community organizing work, and generated a myriad of new possibilities for it. We have seen the rise of mutual aid networks, online organizing tactics that […]
04.08.21

Power After the Pandemic: Greening Growth

Event Power After the Pandemic
Join us in conversation with U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman and Julian Brave NoiseCat as they discuss: how can cities tie racial and economic justice to climate action?  The challenges facing New York and cities around the world are manyfold: the public health crises of the pandemic, decades of environmental racism, and a widening racial wealth […]
03.11.21

Power After the Pandemic: Fiscal Futures

Event Power After the Pandemic
Join us in discussion with Kim Phillips-Fein, Andrew Rein and Xavier de Souza Briggs as they discuss lessons learned from past financial crises and ways to center equity in future city budgets. During our discussion, Jennifer Sun and Kate Slevin will join us as respondents. The economic crises of 1975 and 2008 left municipalities across […]
02.18.21

Power After the Pandemic: In Conversation with Maurice Jones and Brandee McHale

Event Power After the Pandemic
Join us in conversation with Maurice Jones of LISC and Brandee McHale of Citi Foundation, as they explore how to embrace racial equity to transform how we invest in cities. Many individuals and companies have been activated in new ways towards centering and prioritizing targeted investments to communities of color. Citi’s Action for Racial Equity […]
11.19.20

Power After the Pandemic: Healthy Housing

Event Power After the Pandemic
Join us in discussion with Nikil Saval, Jonsara Ruth, and Diana Hernández on ideas for a just housing recovery as seen through a health equity lens after COVID-19. During our discussion, Sandra Lobo and Eric Fang joined us as respondents. The link between access to safe and quality housing and our health has never been […]
10.15.20

Power After the Pandemic: Community Finance

Event Power After the Pandemic
Join Urban Design Forum and Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development in discussion with Kerry McLean, New York State Senator James Sanders, and Paulina Gonzalez-Brito on the future of community finance and community development after COVID-19.  Access to capital remains one of the greatest challenges for community development. Over time, federal regulations like the Community […]
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