The Road Ahead 2022

1007 York Street,Denver CO 80206

26 May, 2022

Description

The Road Ahead 2022: Creating a Sustainable and Equitable Transportation System Transportation Solutions' seventeenth annual seminar features a buffet breakfast, presentations, and a special panel discussion being recorded to a podcast. Thursday, March 26, 2022 -------- The Road Ahead is an annual event that combines essential social and economic issues to seek mutually beneficial solutions. Quality of life and economic vitality are interconnected with our ability to travel safely and efficiently in places we live and work. The Road Ahead attracts a variety of different communities, including elected officials, policymakers, private developers, and transportation industry leaders. -------- Agenda Light Breakfast and Networking 8:30am Welcome 9:00 am Chad King, Chair, Transportation SolutionsDenver Councilmember Kendra Black, Vice Chair, Transportation SolutionsAwards and Remarks Honorable Michael Hancock, City and County of Denver Mayor Honorable Joyce FosterKeynote 9:30am Olatunji Oboi Reed, President & CEO, Equiticity Panel and podcast recording 10:30am Hosted by City Cast DenverPanelists: Grace Rink, Chief Climate Officer for the City and County of Denver Marcus Robinson, Board President, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Ride for Racial JusticeSkyler McKinley, Regional Director, Public Affairs for AAA ColoradoAdjournment 11:30am -------- About Our Keynote Olatunji Oboi Reed, President & CEO, Equiticity Olatunji Oboi Reed’s passion lies at the intersection of community, culture, and health. He works globally as a racial equity tactician, increased mobility advocate, and racial justice activist. With an extensive background in both nonprofit management and corporate social responsibility, he is most proud of his work to create a diverse coalition of people, organizations, and businesses all working together to achieve racial equity and mobility justice across the City of Chicago. Oboi serves as the founding President & CEO of Equiticity, a racial equity movement, operationalizing racial equity by harnessing collective power through research, advocacy, programs, and community mobility rituals, to improve the lives of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people in our society. Equiticity’s vision is a mid-to large-size U.S. city where racial equity is fully integrated at the policy and legislative levels into every function, department, resource, and budget associated with the city’s operations, services, and programs. Transportation and parking options for the event can be found here. Once you pass through the main entrance on York Street, please follow signs to The Road Ahead, located in Mitchell Hall. Presenting Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors