October 13: Infrastructure Equity

3145 Dyer Street, Room 206,Dallas TX 75205

13 October, 2022

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Save the Date!Join us for ImpactNights™ Infrastructure Equity, October 13, 2022.Our October ImpactNights focuses on inequities in the built and green infrastructure of Dallas neighborhoods. SMU’s National Science Foundation-funded research has discovered the existence of 62 infrastructure deserts in Dallas, which are low-income neighborhoods with significantly worse built and green infrastructure (sidewalks, public transit, street trees, parks, etc.) than high-income neighborhoods. The research also found that predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhoods are far more likely to have highly deficient infrastructure than predominantly White neighborhoods. These inequities are critical because neighborhood infrastructure provides services essential to community well-being, including health, safety, social connectedness, and resilience to shocks (e.g., economic downturns and disasters). In-person: Check-in around 5:30 PM, grab a cup of coffee and network with like-minded professionals. Around 6:30, we break out into our subject-specific sessions. At 7:15, we wrap things up and everyone is invited to a reception to continue the conversation. Remote: Please designate your intention to attend remote on your RSVP, we will send out information on specific breakout sessions once available. Excited to share three breakout sessions!We will be exploring this timely topic in the usual format of small expert-led discussion sessions. We are back in person with the remote option available for specified breakout sessions. The breakout sessions are: Affordable Housing (facilitator: James McGee)Inclusive Green Infrastructure (faciliator: Robert Kent)Neighborhood Infrastructure as a Community Support System (faciliator: Janille Smith-Colin, PhD)Take a look below to see our wonderful facilitators! We will elaborate further on breakout session content during ImpactNights reception.