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2 Dialogue About Inclusion
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From page 5...
... The session featured a presentation by The Honorable Shirley Franklin, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and a discussion with Othello Meadows III from the Seventy Five North Revitalization Corporation and David Erickson from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. AUDIENCE POLLING AND VISUAL IMMERSION AND DIALOGUE2 Laura Torchio from the Project for Public Spaces began by asking the audience to think about a place that they love and what makes it meaningful; she asked that everyone respond using Poll Everywhere, an online polling platform (see Box 2-1)
From page 6...
... Sharon Roerty from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation stated that the video "put people first" and that while the scenes were nice, the focus was on the people. Audience member Ysaura Toribio noted the open spaces, parks, and families shown, adding that the places shown seemed acces sible and free.
From page 7...
... Torchio then asked the audience how places support equitable health and well-being and how they can be more supportive of health. Doug Jutte from the Build Healthy Places Network in California named Dolores Park as one of the images shown in the video and explained its design.
From page 8...
... FIRESIDE CHAT WITH AUDIENCE DIALOGUE5 Naughton continued by introducing the panel members. The first panel member was The Honorable Shirley Franklin, former mayor of 3 This section summarizes information presented by Carol Naughton from Purpose Built Communities and The Honorable Shirley Franklin, former mayor of Atlanta.
From page 9...
... She said the most effective strategy for facilitating those dialogues is to include faith leaders, for their moral leadership, and business leaders, for their contributions to public coffers, at the table in early discussions, although not driving the discussions. Franklin used the case example of the Atlanta Olympics, for which new physical infrastructure was built that would be privately and publicly owned after the Olympics.
From page 10...
... Naughton then asked Meadows to describe the Accelerator, which is a part of the Pleasant View revitalization project. When the public housing was demolished, this displaced about 2,000 people, Meadows stated, and to rebuild, his organization worked with the community to create a communal space located in the middle of the new housing development.
From page 11...
... " He answered this by explaining that investing in and creating neighborhoods that promote health lowers health care costs, but it is difficult to measure the monetary value of this kind of work. He referenced a speech delivered by the president of the Federal Reserve, John 6 Harlem Children's Zone is a nonprofit organization with the aim of reducing generational poverty in Central Harlem by giving students support to go to and complete college (Harlem Children's Zone, 2020)
From page 12...
... Lourdes Rodriguez from the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin initiated the discussion by describing a Federal Reserve meeting over 6 years ago that was attended by public health and clinical practitioners with developers. She said that while developers had the opportunity to build health, it was not the vision of people working on the health side since it did not include public spaces.
From page 13...
... Erickson also mentioned including artists because they are able to help harness the creativity of a community. Pamela Russo from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked about gentrification and residential displacement and how to manage those challenges.


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