Name: The Equitable Neighborhood: Ingredients for Inclusive Growth
Start: 2016-10-19T11:00:00-0400
End: 2016-10-19T12:30:00-0400

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The Equitable Neighborhood: Ingredients for Inclusive Growth

This facilitated panel will introduce thought-provoking perspectives and developing policy and practice to ensure local neighborhoods are addressing deep-seated inequality while promoting equitable growth that leverages opportunity, capital, and increasingly diverse and growing communities. Panelists will share recent studies and assessments to paint the landscape, followed by facilitated conversation with audience members. All are encouraged to participate and connect for strategy and collaboration.

Moderators

Peter Gee

Director of New Business Development, The Door at University Settlement

Peter Gee is the Director of New Business Development at University Settlement and The Door, two organizations working to transform lives by connecting and empowering people. He helps to position both organizations for innovation, continuous improvement, and field leadership. Together... Read More →

Speakers

John Choe

Executive Director, Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce

John Choe is Executive Director of the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce, which fosters economic growth, inclusive diversity, and shared prosperity of our community through advocacy, education, and networking. John previously served as Founding Director of One Flushing, Director... Read More →

Moses Gates

Director of Community Planning and Design, RPA

"Moses Gates is director of community planning and design at the Regional Plan Association (RPA), leading the organization’s planning, research and advocacy efforts in affordable housing, jobs & economic development, and comprehensive community development & design. He works with... Read More →

Victoria Lawson

Senior Research Associate, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance

Victoria Lawson is a Senior Research Associate at the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, where she leads the Equality Indicators project. Before joining ISLG, she conducted research on wrongful convictions at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Innocence Project... Read More →

Amy Shen Tang

Hepatitis B Program Director, Charles B Wang Community Health Center

Amy Shen Tang, MD, is an internal medicine physician and director of the hepatitis B program at Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York City. As program director, Dr. Tang oversees hepatitis B clinical care, research, community outreach and education of underserved Asian... Read More →