This webinar features four speakers Rachel Bennett, MPH, MURP, Maria Sipin, Nate Storring, and Jennifer S. Vey, who are from the Brookings Institution, Prevention Institute and Project for Public Spaces, that have combined to form the Bass Initiative on Innovation and Peacemaking. \u00a0Their hopes are to address the roots of gentrification, particularly innovation economic development and investments and walkability quality places can promote economic opportunity.<\/p>\n
The speakers begin by discussing what gentrification is, where does change come from and who drives it.\u00a0 They highlight that communities can drive change by focusing on three outcomes:<\/p>\n
-Prevent negative outcomes from externally driven change<\/p>\n
– Guide potentially positive outcomes from externally driven change<\/p>\n
– Empower internally driven change<\/p>\n
Their primary focus is on the innovation of economy, which is driven by innovation processes that increasingly demand collaboration. The importance of this collaboration is that it changes the spatial geography of innovation such that the hyper local is increasing valued. \u00a0The hyper local refers to an area of a well-defined small comminuted that focuses on the matters that are directed towards the concerns of that population. \u00a0This can create innovation, arts and creative districts and food markets.\u00a0 This brings together diversity and new opportunity to connect people to the economy.<\/p>\n
I found this webinar very interesting, because when observing any improvements within communities, I am wary whether these initiatives actually reduces or increases displacement. \u00a0Mr. Storring highlights that community engagement is key and even though it takes time to build trust, it is a necessary component in order to make sure the community has a say in improving their community and creating an ownership element, thereby avoiding gentrification.\u00a0 Ms. Bennett further discussed how to contribute to build healthy communities without contributing to gentrification.\u00a0 They support grassroots organizing, research and policy advocacy to prevent displacement.\u00a0 In building healthy communities as well as maintaining affordable housing, from a public heath standpoint, the focus is on health equity.\u00a0 This is defined as \u201cevery person, regardless of who they are – the color of their skin, their level of education, their gender or sexual identify, whether or not they have a disability, the job that they have, or the neighborhood that they live in – has an equal opportunity to achieve optimal health.\u201d Braveman, et al., 2011.<\/p>\n
In closing, Ms. Sipin discusses the process of boosting community power for mobility justice. \u00a0Multicultural Communities for Mobility (MCM) is an organization made of team members who are active transportation advocates who stand up against racism and discrimination, evictions, rent increase, police violence and harassment, just to name a few areas interest.<\/p>\n
This institute provides a great guideline for tackling the major issue at hand.<\/p>\n
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