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APA Sustainable Communities Division 2024 Symposium
January 18 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join us at the SCD Annual Symposium 2024 – Health, Equity and Climate Change
Thursday, January 18, 2024
(1-5 pm EST, 12-4 pm CST, 11 am – 3 pm MST, 10 am – 2 pm PST)
Keynote: Health, Equity and Climate Change (20 min)
Melissa Jones, Executive Director Executive Director of the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII)
Session 1: Integrating Equity in Public Health Community Planning (1 hour, 20 min)
Integrating equity into public health community planning is a fundamental approach that seeks to ensure fair and just distribution of resources, opportunities, and outcomes within diverse populations – our panel will discuss on their work addressing these challenges, where there are opportunities to integrate equity and health, and what still needs to be addressed.
- Anna Rosenblum (Moderator), EcoDistricts AP, LEED O+M AP, LFA, evolveEA
- Robyn Bussey, JUST Health Director at the Partnership for Southern Equity
- Lindy Wordlaw AICP, Chicago Recovery Plan Director
- Derrick Neal, Chief Public Health Officer, Cambridge Public Health
Integrating climate considerations into public health community planning is a crucial initiative that recognizes the intricate interplay between environmental factors and public well-being. Learn how our panel is integrating climate considerations into their work and where they would like to see it expand in the future.
- Donny Goris-Kolb, AICP, LEED AP O+M, Envision SP (Moderator), VHB
- Dr. Alonzo Plough, VP Research & Evaluation and Chief science Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Fleming El Amin, Planning Director at FTA
- Dr. Patrice Williams, Professor, Northeastern University
- Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime, Pediatric Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Shannon Roberts, AICP, LEED BD+C, PMP (Moderator), Jacobs
- Keynote: Melissa Jones (Tentative)
- Session 1: TBD
- Session 2: Dr. Patrice Williams, Northeastern University