This two-part virtual series will explore trauma-informed practice and how elements can be useful to the work of designers, planners, public health professionals, and those supporting community development.
Session 1 (Wed, March 3 10am-12pm -- new date!) will introduce trauma-informed theory and practice, and will consider how power dynamics and our typical project processes contribute to or detract from a more just future.
Session 2 (Wed, March 10 10am-11:30am) will feature a panel of practitioners who are putting trauma-informed practice to work in communities across the country.
Why Design for Humanity?
The past year has laid bare stark inequities in American society -- inequities that for generations have put intense physical, emotional, mental, and financial stress on individuals, families, and communities.
As cities and institutions work to repair the harm caused by hundreds of years of unjust, racist, and classist policies and practices in this country; as decision-makers choose to re-invest in historically neglected neighborhoods; as professionals engage in the work of redesigning spaces in collaboration with historically disenfranchised communities -- we all must reimagine the way we do our work.
Design for Humanity offers a space to challenge established practices, consider how to center justice in our work, and reimagine the ways we collaborate and co-create.
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FitCityPHL 2021 programming is sponsored by AARP PA and Public Health Management Corporation. The Design for Humanity series is co-produced by FitCityPHL, Michael O'Bryan of the Village of Arts & Humanities and Humanature, and Scattergood Foundation.
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Since 2015 FitCityPHL has explored design strategies in workplaces, neighborhoods, and cities that improve health. FitCityPHL brings together individuals representing the sectors of architecture, planning, design, landscape architecture, development, public health, research and evaluation, academia, philanthropy, and government to consider how the built environment can enhance health.
FitCityPHL is organized by a Planning Committee with representatives from Health Promotion Council, Public Health Management Corporation, AARP, PA Inc., American Institute of Architects Philadelphia, Ballinger, Center for Architecture + Design, Clean Air Council, Community Design Collaborative, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Drexel University, Kieran Timberlake, Montgomery County Planning Commission, PennPraxis, Pennsylvania Chapter American Academy Pediatrics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvanian Horticultural Society, Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University, Reinvestment Fund, Scattergood Foundation, and Valerie Piper.
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Photo credit (left): Shawn Theodore, Homecourt: The Hartranft Basketball Revival (Presented by The Village of Arts and Humanities)