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BUCPUA Guest Lecture: Planning Equity
Join Boston University City Planning and Urban Affairs class UA 515 History, Theory, and Planning Practice for a guest lecture on planning equity featuring alumna Jessica Martinez, MassDevelopment, Transformative Development Initiative Fellow, and professor Haegi Kwon, PhD. Jess Martinez is an urban strategist passionate about supporting local creatives and small business growth, expanding BIPOC and female representation in real estate, and promoting active mobility transportation. She is currently based in the Merrimack Valley and works as the MassDevelopment TDI Fellow in Lawrence. As a Fellow, Jess works to develop regional, state, federal, and public-private partnerships, support downtown revitalization initiatives and public realm improvements, and engage with community organizations, residents, property owners, entrepreneurs, and private businesses. Jess holds a bachelor's in History & Jewish Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles and a master's in City Planning from Boston University. Dr. Haegi Kwon’s current research focuses on the strategies that nonprofits use to serve and advocate for intersectionally disadvantaged immigrant groups in New York City. Her experiences as a community and economic development professional have directly informed her research and her continued engagement with nonprofit advocacy continues to inform her work. Dr. Kwon began her career as an underwriter for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), working with tenants and landlords to preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing in low-income communities of color. On the economic development side, she worked as an underwriter for Seedco Financial (now TruFund Financial), performing due diligence and underwriting loans for minority and women-owned businesses, small businesses in low-income communities, and human services nonprofits. Further, she explored avenues to promote youth leadership development in immigrant communities by working with 1.5 and second-generation Asian American youth in New York City Chinatown. All BUCPUA students, faculty, and alumni are welcome! Zoom link will be emailed after registrants RSVP.
| When | 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm on Monday, October 19, 2020 |
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| Location | Online Event |