Please join
the Living New Deal NYC
for a not-to-be-missed webinar
From the Original New Deal to the Green New Deal Wednesday, September 30, 6:00–8:00pm EST
Starting out as a set of aspirational policy objectives, the Green New Deal has rapidly gained traction among policymakers, change agents and the public. It draws its inspiration from the New Deal (1933-1942), which offers a compelling model for tackling the challenges ahead.
Our distinguished speakers will lead a discussion about the economic, environmental, social, and political changes that many of us want to see and be part of.
Please click here to register for the webinar. You’ll receive confirmation and a link to the live online event. Feel free to submit your questions in advance. For more information email NYC contact Peggy Crane.
THE LINE UP
Robert Kuttner, Keynote
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine and Meyer and Ida Kirstein Professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. He was a longtime columnist for Business Week and the Washington Post syndicate. He was a founder of the Economic Policy Institute and serves on its board and executive committee. Author of 12 books, he recently completed The Stakes, which addresses the related themes of democracy and the 2020 election. Kuttner is the winner of the Sidney Hillman Journalism Award (twice), the John Hancock Award for Financial Writing, and the Jack London Award for Labor Writing. He was educated at Oberlin College, The London School of Economics, and the University of California at Berkeley.
Kevin Baker, Moderator
Kevin Baker is a novelist, historian, and journalist. He has recently completed a book on the history of New York City baseball and is currently working on a cultural and political history of the United States between the wars, for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017. He is the author of the City of Fire trilogy of historical novels about New York City and also The Big Crowd. He is a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine.
PANELISTS
Billy Fleming is the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior fellow with Data for Progress. He is co-editor of the forthcoming book An Adaptation Blueprint and lead author of the recently published The 2100 Project: An Atlas for the Green New Deal.
Deborah Gardner is historian-in-residence and curator for Hunter College’s Roosevelt House, where she has produced numerous exhibitions. She has served on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and as a member of several preservation groups, including the Living New Deal. She has authored articles and books on many topics, including the history of the Roosevelts in New York.
Elisa Iturbe teaches at the Yale School of Architecture (YSoA), where she leads design studios and a seminar, The City and Carbon Modernity. She also coordinates the dual-degree program between YSoA and the Yale School of the Environment and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The Cooper Union. She is co-founder of Outside Development, a design and research team that considers race, class, labor, and capitalism alongside form, proportion, and the production of urban fabric.
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, activist, and self-described policy wonk. He is vice president of policy for Data for Progress, a liberal think tank, and narrative change director for the Natural History Museum—an artist and activist collective in Washington State that aims to transform the museum sector into a platform for Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice. He grew up in Oakland, California, and is a proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen and descendant of the Lil’Wat Nation.
Mitchell J. Silver is Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks, a former president of the American Planning Association (APA), and President Elect of the American Institute of Certified Planners. As NYC Parks Commissioner, Silver oversees the management, planning and operations of nearly 30,000 acres of parkland, which includes parks, playgrounds, beaches, marinas, recreation centers, and natural areas. He specializes in comprehensive planning, placemaking, and implementation strategies. Commissioner Silver was named one of Planetizen’s 100 Most Influential Urbanists in 2017 and has been honored as one of the top 100 City Innovators in the world by UBM Future Cities.
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