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The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly

Join us for a public assembly on the Green New Deal (GND) that will gather a wide array of advocates, organizers, and elected officials to explore the GND’s relationship to society, policy, and the built environment.

Climate change is a crisis of unevenly experienced and systemic injustices that asks hard questions of scholars, practitioners, and community members alike. The Green New Deal — most famously as drafted in US H. Res. 109 and S. Res. 59, but echoed by elected officials and activists around the world — addresses these questions head-on, linking equity, the environment, and the economy to the transformations Needed by the climate crisis.

“The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly” will focus on modeling democratic debates that seriously consider the ambitions and challenges of the GND by thinking systemically and across scales. The public event includes morning workshops and an afternoon series of discussions to encourage exchange among invited guests representing a range of disciplines as well as the general public. A detailed schedule and list of participants will be regularly updated on Eventbrite.

Located at the Queens Museum — home of the Panorama of the City of New York and in the heart of the nation’s most diverse borough— “The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly” is taking place within US Congressional District NY 14, jurisdiction of the GND Resolution’s sponsor Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The event is organized by the Queens Museum, the American Institute of Architects New York (AIA New York), The Architecture Lobby, Francisco J. Casablanca (Who Represents Us?), And Gabriel Hernández Solano (GND Organizer), together with the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University.

At the Buell Center, “The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly” forms part of the project “ Power: Infrastructure in America ,” within which the Center is organizing a series of research, curriculum, and programming initiatives to consider the social, technical , and political contours of the ambitious — but still largely undefined — proposal.

Spanish interpretation services will be provided for the afternoon assembly, beginning at 1:00 pm. The Queens Museum strives to be accessible to all visitors. For more information regarding access, and to make any requests, please see the Queens Museum website .

Schedule (tentative; details to come)
10:00 am Welcome
10:30 am Morning Workshops
12:00 pm Break
1:00 pm Welcome
1:30 pm On the Green New Deal
2:00 pm On Energy and Power
3:00 pm On Transportation and Power
4:00 pm Break
4:15 pm On Government and Power
5:10 pm Concluding discussion
6:00 pm Reception

Confirmed Participants (in progress)
Xiye Bastida (Fridays for Future)
Ellis Calvin (Regional Plan Association)
Oscar Oliver Didier (New York City, Department of City Planning, Bronx)
Jon Forster (Policy Advocate, Organized Labor)
Ama Francis (Sabin Center, Columbia University)
Diana Hernandez (Public Health, Columbia University)
Mychal Johnson (South Bronx Unite)
Samantha Josaphat (National Organization of Minority Architects)
Stephanie Kelton (Stony Brook University)
Aurash Khawarzad (Artist, Educator, Urban Planner)
Joseph Kunkel (MASS Design )
Monxo Lopez (South Bronx Unite)
Forrest Meggers (Princeton University)
Leah Mesiterlin (Planning, Columbia University)
Priya Mulgaonkar (New York City Environmental Justice Alliance)
Hawk Newsome (Black Lives Matter New York)
Anandi A. Premlall (Educator in Urban Permaculture; SustyQ)
Juan Restrepo (Transportation Alternatives Queens)
Matt Peterson (Woodbine )
Jennifer Scarlott (Bronx Climate Justice North)
Gaya Sriskanthan (Climate, Energy, and Environmental Justice Advocate)
Sean Sweeney (Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY)
Claudia Zamora Valencia (New Immigrant Community Empowerment)











When: Sun., Nov. 17, 2019 at 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Where: Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
718-592-9700
Price: Free
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Join us for a public assembly on the Green New Deal (GND) that will gather a wide array of advocates, organizers, and elected officials to explore the GND’s relationship to society, policy, and the built environment.

Climate change is a crisis of unevenly experienced and systemic injustices that asks hard questions of scholars, practitioners, and community members alike. The Green New Deal — most famously as drafted in US H. Res. 109 and S. Res. 59, but echoed by elected officials and activists around the world — addresses these questions head-on, linking equity, the environment, and the economy to the transformations Needed by the climate crisis.

“The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly” will focus on modeling democratic debates that seriously consider the ambitions and challenges of the GND by thinking systemically and across scales. The public event includes morning workshops and an afternoon series of discussions to encourage exchange among invited guests representing a range of disciplines as well as the general public. A detailed schedule and list of participants will be regularly updated on Eventbrite.

Located at the Queens Museum — home of the Panorama of the City of New York and in the heart of the nation’s most diverse borough— “The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly” is taking place within US Congressional District NY 14, jurisdiction of the GND Resolution’s sponsor Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The event is organized by the Queens Museum, the American Institute of Architects New York (AIA New York), The Architecture Lobby, Francisco J. Casablanca (Who Represents Us?), And Gabriel Hernández Solano (GND Organizer), together with the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University.

At the Buell Center, “The Green New Deal: A Public Assembly” forms part of the project “ Power: Infrastructure in America ,” within which the Center is organizing a series of research, curriculum, and programming initiatives to consider the social, technical , and political contours of the ambitious — but still largely undefined — proposal.

Spanish interpretation services will be provided for the afternoon assembly, beginning at 1:00 pm. The Queens Museum strives to be accessible to all visitors. For more information regarding access, and to make any requests, please see the Queens Museum website .

Schedule (tentative; details to come)
10:00 am Welcome
10:30 am Morning Workshops
12:00 pm Break
1:00 pm Welcome
1:30 pm On the Green New Deal
2:00 pm On Energy and Power
3:00 pm On Transportation and Power
4:00 pm Break
4:15 pm On Government and Power
5:10 pm Concluding discussion
6:00 pm Reception

Confirmed Participants (in progress)
Xiye Bastida (Fridays for Future)
Ellis Calvin (Regional Plan Association)
Oscar Oliver Didier (New York City, Department of City Planning, Bronx)
Jon Forster (Policy Advocate, Organized Labor)
Ama Francis (Sabin Center, Columbia University)
Diana Hernandez (Public Health, Columbia University)
Mychal Johnson (South Bronx Unite)
Samantha Josaphat (National Organization of Minority Architects)
Stephanie Kelton (Stony Brook University)
Aurash Khawarzad (Artist, Educator, Urban Planner)
Joseph Kunkel (MASS Design )
Monxo Lopez (South Bronx Unite)
Forrest Meggers (Princeton University)
Leah Mesiterlin (Planning, Columbia University)
Priya Mulgaonkar (New York City Environmental Justice Alliance)
Hawk Newsome (Black Lives Matter New York)
Anandi A. Premlall (Educator in Urban Permaculture; SustyQ)
Juan Restrepo (Transportation Alternatives Queens)
Matt Peterson (Woodbine )
Jennifer Scarlott (Bronx Climate Justice North)
Gaya Sriskanthan (Climate, Energy, and Environmental Justice Advocate)
Sean Sweeney (Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY)
Claudia Zamora Valencia (New Immigrant Community Empowerment)

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