This article by Anne-Marie Lubenau, director of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence at the Bruner Foundation, describes the discussions held at the 2014 Design for Equity conference. The 125 professionals in attendance represented diverse fields, including community development, the arts, urban planning, philanthropy, advocacy, and city government. “Common themes,” Lubenau writes, “included the importance of ‘leveling the playing field’—providing access to opportunity, including power and choice, and the value of education and knowledge, and engaging people in the process.”
Organizations Referenced:
Bruner Foundation, Via Verde, Loeb Fellowship, Enterprise Community Partners, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, Project Row Houses, UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research, and Real Estate at Syracuse University School of Architecture, Boston Foundation, Skid Row Housing Trust