ACD August Design for Racial Justice Webinar

Design for Racial Justice - Justin Garrett Moore

Justin Garrett Moore, Program Officer, Humanities in Place at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Thursday, August 19th
3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT / 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT

Co-sponsored by the AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Committee

Session Description:

Justin Garrett Moore will be sharing a variety of recent work from his involvement and leadership with Urban Patch, Dark Matter University, BlackSpace and other groups, sharing his approach to working across different modes of practice crossing public service, education, social enterprise, and collectives, exploring the various types of work and agency that enable design justice practice. The presentation will be followed by discussion prompts and an interactive exercise that will invite attendees to share and explore the types of work they would like to do in the coming year, helping to build new connections and coalitions amongst participants.

Speaker Bios:

Justin Garrett Moore is a transdisciplinary designer and urbanist. He serves as the program officer for the Humanities in Place program at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where his work focuses on advancing equity, inclusion, and social justice through place-based initiatives, built environments, cultural heritage projects, digital and ephemeral programs, and commemorative spaces and landscapes. He has extensive experience in architecture, planning, and design—from urban systems, policies, and building projects to grassroots and community-focused planning, design, preservation, public realm, and arts initiatives. He is also the co-founder of Urban Patch, a social enterprise focused on sustainable design and development projects in the United States and Rwanda.