Speaking Engagements

Commencement Speaker. Tufts Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, May 2024

Co-Keynote Speaker. Intersections: Mobility, Equity, and the Built Environment Conference. October 2022

Course Instructor. “Placemaking vs Placekeeping: Steps to More Equitable Arts Interventions.” Americans for the Arts. March 2022

Congressional Briefing: The Value of Equitable Arts Education. National Endowment for the Arts, December 2021. https://artslab.tamu.edu/congressional-briefing-the-value-of-equitable-arts-education

Panelist. “Transportation Equity at the Neighborhood Level – Mattapan.” Moving Together Conference, Massachusetts Department of Transportation. December 2021

Panelist. “The Future of Creative Work.” Western Arts Federation Creative Vitality Summit. October 2021

Moderator. “Now What? An Action Plan for Advancing Arts Education.” Arts Education Partnership. September 2021

Panelist. “Black-Owned Businesses in Boston.” WeWork & Black Economic Alliance of MA. August 2021

Presenter. “Cultural Planning with an Equity Lens.”  Americans for the Arts, June 2021

Presenter/Interviewee. Perez Prize Winner Announcement. Americans for the Arts, June 2021

Panelist. “Racial Equity in Transportation Planning and Engineering.” Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). June 2021

Presenter. “Community Engaged Design: Anti-Displacement Project Case Study”, Vanderbilt University, February 2021

Panelist. “New Directions in Federal Arts Policy.” Western Arts Federation Arts Leadership & Advocacy Seminar. February 2021

Presenter. “Creative Placemaking at the Grassroots.” Metropolitan Area Planning Council. November 2020

Panelist. “Creating a Community Engaged Process.” Vital Village Virtual Learning Lab. November 2020

Panelist. “Solving Sustainability through Diversity, Inclusion and Race.” Boston GreenFest. August 2020

Presenter. ‘Data Informed Community Engagement.” Women Innovation Conference. July 2020

Interviewee. “Community Planning from the Inside Out.” B-Change podcast. February 2020  website

Interviewee. “Bringing Organizers Together Across the Generations.” We Hold These Truths by Michael Jacoby Brown. Arlington Access TV, November 2019

Co-presenter. “Community Engagement: Bring Us Your Challenges” RailVolution, September 2019

Panelist. “Diversifying Design for Education.” Design Museum Boston, July 2019

Panel Presenter. “Race Talk: Increasing Diversity in Planning.” Mass Association of Planning Directors Conference, May 2019

Presenter. “Equitable Community Engagement Strategies: The Fairmount Corridor.” RailVolution, October 2018

Presenter. “Biking and Bike Share: Racial Equity in Cities.” Boston Neighborhood Bike Forum, June 2018

Panel Presenter. “How to Close the Wealth Gap.” May 2018

Panel Presenter. “Racial Justice in Practice.” Tufts University, April 2018

Panel Presenter. “The Future of Transportation.” Congress for New Urbanism - New England Conference, March 2018

Workshop Presenter. “Creative Placemaking in Communities of Color.” National Placemaking Summit, May 2017.

Panel Presenter. “A Dream Imagined: Race, Ethnicity and the Struggle for Boston's Future.” University of Massachusetts Boston CANALA Institutes Conference, May 2017

Master of Ceremonies. Urban Manufacturing Alliance Gathering, May 2017

Workshop Co-presenter. “How much power should residents have to shape development?” MA Smart Growth Alliance Conference, May 2017

Organizer & Master of Ceremonies. Fairmount/Indigo Network Corridor-wide Community Forum. December 2016

Panel Presenter. “Re:Development: The Discourse on Urban Development and Arts and Culture.” Fort Port Arts Community and Atlantic Wharf Gallery, June 2016

Panel Presenter. “Equitable Strategies & Practices for Public Engagement.” MA Smart Growth Alliance, June 2016

Panel Presenter. “Youth Grassroots Organizing for Transit Justice.” Rail Users Network Conference, May 2016

Panel Presenter. “Tufts Urban & Environmental Program MPP Alumni Forum.” Tufts University, April 2016

Panel Presenter. “Racial Equity in New Economy Strategies & Sustainable Futures” MA Peace Action’s Sustainable Security Conference, November 2015.

Organizer & Master of Ceremonies. The Biennial Engaging Immigrant Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners Forum, February 2013; November 2015, December 2017

Keynote Speaker/Presenter. Association for Community Design Conference, June 2015.

Keynote Class Speaker. Tufts Commencement; Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, May 2015

Panel Judge. Cambridge Ridge & Latin School Environmental Entrepreneurship Competition, January 2015

Panel Presenter. “The Non-Profit Industrial Complex.” Open Hillel Conference, September 2014

Workshop Presenter. “Strategies for Inclusive an Equitable Public Engagement in Planning Processes.” Citizen Planner Training Collaborative, March 2014.

Interviewee and Advisor. “Boston Youth Social Movements Research Project.” UMASS Boston. February 2014

Presenter & Volunteer Organizer. Radical Futures: A Conversation with Angela Davis & Noam Chomsky, November 2012

Organizer and Workshop Facilitator. Real Food Challenge Northeast Regional Summit, February 2011

Co-facilitator. United Way Community Ambassadors Caucus, September 2010

Sponsored Cohort Member. World Social Forum (New England Freedom Riders), June 2010

Interviewee. “MYTOWN Program Spotlight.” Boston Neighborhood Network News TV, June 2009

Interviewee. “Youth and Hip Hop.” Boston Neighborhood Network News TV, May 2007

Sponsored Cohort Member. Kellogg Foundation Food & Society Conference, April 2007

Master of Ceremonies. Slice of Rice’s “The World is Yours” Youth & Allies Conference, June 2006

Panel Speaker.  “SAVE CPCS” Community Forum, April 2006

Workshop Facilitator. “Reflecting on Racial & Cultural Efficacy in Food Justice Movements” and “Creating Your Farm to School Program” United Students for Fair Trade Convergence, March 2005

Presenter & Co-Coordinator. “The history of Hip Hop and its Current Impact on Urban Youth” Boston Public Schools Girls Conference, May 2002, 2003, 2004