How Can We Do Better? Limits on Black Mobility in Transportation

October 19, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am PDT

How Can We Do Better? Limits on Black Mobility in Transportation

This virtual event includes a presentation on “Arrested Mobility” by Charles T. Brown, MPA, CPD, LCI and follow-up presentation on the Arrested Mobility of Oppressed People in Transportation Institutions by Tamika L. Butler, Esq. These two short presentations will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Black thought leaders in community and transportation planning to explore limits placed on Black mobility in the U.S. This moderated panel presentation will explore barriers and offer strategies for ensuring racial equity and justice in efforts to increase physical activity.

Join the conversation on social media using #ArrestedMobility.

Presenters and Panelists:

Senior Research Specialist and Adjunct Professor

Charles Brown
Principal, tamika l. butler consulting

tamika l. butler
Co-Founder

Veronica O. Davis
CEO

Nedra Deadwyler
Equity and Inclusion Manager

Irene Marion
Olatunji Oboi Reed
President and CEO

Olatunji Oboi Reed

Senior Research Specialist and Adjunct Professor

Charles Brown

Charles Brown, MPA, CPD, is a self-proclaimed street-level researcher, working at the intersection of transportation, health, and equity. He serves as a senior researcher with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and adjunct professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, both at Rutgers University. Brown has 17 years of public and private sector experience in urban and regional planning, public policy, and research. He also has extensive experience in community outreach and engagement having worked with municipal, county, and state government agencies, for-profits, and nonprofit organizations. He has served as an instructor on environmental justice courses for the National Transit Institute, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Highway Administration.

Principal, tamika l. butler consulting

tamika l. butler

tamika l. butler — an expert on the built environment, equity, and anti-racism — is founder of tamika l. butler consulting. Previously, she was the Director of Planning, California and the Director of DEI at Toole Design. She’s pursuing a PhD in Urban Planning at the UCLA. tamika received her J.D. from Stanford, and received her B.A. and B.S. at Creighton University in her hometown of Omaha. She lives in Los Angeles with her wife and kids.

Co-Founder

Veronica O. Davis

Veronica O. Davis, PE is a self-described transportation nerd. She believes all people should have access to safe, reliable, and affordable transportation. She has 19 years of experience in civil engineering and planning. She is currently the Partner and Principal Planning Manager at Nspiregreen LLC. She is one of the co-founders of Black Women Bike (BWB). She is on Board for America Walks. She earned her dual Masters Degrees (Engineering Management and Regional Planning) from Cornell University. She has a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Maryland. She lives in the District of Columbia with her husband, daughter, and dog.

CEO

Nedra Deadwyler

Nedra Deadwyler worked as a social worker in community-based organizations and mostly with adolescents in academic settings or after school programs to provide enrichment in educational studies, support academic goals, and facilitate access and ongoing support. In the past four years she began hosting public history tours using active transportation to create opportunities to connect, reconnect and engage the city and the stories of history and culture as presented in the landscape.

Equity and Inclusion Manager

Irene Marion

Irene Marion is the Equity and Inclusion Manager at the City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation. PBOT is responsible for maintaining $13 billion worth of public assets, including Portland’s streets, sidewalks, traffic signals and some bridges. Irene’s role is to guide and implement PBOT’s racial equity strategies to ensure that the voices and needs of Portland’s historically underserved communities are prioritized. PBOT’s Equity + Inclusion is currently focused on developing a transportation justice policy framework, establishing an anti-racist training plans for PBOT’s workforce, facilitating community partnerships and supporting COVID-19 response efforts.

Olatunji Oboi Reed

President and CEO

Olatunji Oboi Reed

Oboi is President & CEO of The Equiticity Racial Equity Movement, operationalizing racial equity in cities across the United States, through programs, advocacy, and research. Oboi co-founded Slow Roll Chicago, building an equitable, diverse, and inclusive bicycle culture in Chicago, by organizing community bicycle rides and advocating for bicycle equity. In 2015, Oboi was awarded The White House Transportation Champion of Change award by The White House and the United States Department of Transportation.

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