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(2023) Anne and Kirstie talk about equitable engagement in Boston at the 13th annual LivableStreets 10-in-1 StreetTalk

(2023) Anne presents “Enhancing Cities in Equitable Ways” for the 5th International Symposium on Smart and Healthy Cities at Thomas Jefferson University

(2022) Embedding Equity in Public Space: The Community First Toolkit Launch Moderator (May 18)

(2022) MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship: “Divided by Design”Presenter (Feb 10)

(2021) Public Talk: Center for Creative Land Recycling "Building Equity" Panelist (Jun 2)

(2021) Public Talk: Redlining and contemporary impacts for "Confronting Racial Injustice" series at Northeastern University Law School’s Criminal Justice Task Force, and hosted by Massachusetts Historical Society, Panelist (Mar 11)

(2021) Public Talk: National Resilience Council for the Philippines "People, Environment, and Development: An Integrated Approach to Resilience in Muntinlupa City", Panelist (Feb 25)

(2021) High Line Network Virtual Equity Workshop,Co-lead with Urban Institute (Jan 19)

(2020) Covid, race and the city for GenEd Course 1170 -Confronting COVID-19: Science, History and Policy, Presenter (Nov 24)

(2020) The Trustees Collaborative for Parks and Open Space for Greater Boston “Equity in Open Space”Presenter (Nov18)

(2020) Hyde LectureSeries: "Designing for Shared Power: Advancing Racial Equity in American Cities", (Nov 6)

(2020) The Nexus, a GSD podcast that explores the intersection of design, identity, and practice, Guest (Oct 30)

(2020) BSA Panel: Race & Architecture, Design Education Pipelines, Pathways, Pedagogies, Profession;Panelist (Oct 27)

(2020) Under Fire: Intersections of Climate and Conflict, Presenter (Jul 28 –Aug 6)

(2020) Discussing the intersection of climate change and conflictThe Boston Foundation, “Green Space, White Space: Racial Equity and Public Places”, Co-organizer and Presenter (Jun 25) Discuss how cities have historically maintained infrastructures of spatial segregation —and what we might do to create a more inclusive urban fabric in Boston.

(2019) High Line Network, “Beyond Economic Impact”, Moderator (Oct 17)

(2019) Black in Design, Faculty Advisor (Oct 4-6)

(2019) Knight Foundation Public Spaces Forum, Finalist and Special Guest (Jun 19-21)

(2019) MIT LCAU Equitable Resilience Workshop, Participant (Jun 11-12)

(2018) Disasters: Transitions from Humanitarian Response to Resilience, Co-organizer (Postponed)Explores interdisciplinary collaborations in resilience theory, field, and practice in regions of Asia.

(2018) BSA Panel: Design by Any Other Name, Presenter and Discussant Presented “Boston Race and Space”, Boston (Jun 27)

(2018) AIA National Conference, Panel Organizer and PresenterPresented “Refugees, Resiliency, and Public? Space: The BSA Syria Initiative”, New York (Jun 22)

(2018) URBAN PEACESCAPE | Can cities be built for peace?, Co-organizerExplored the intersectionality of humanitarian aid, peacebuilding, development, and urban design.Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge (Mar 5-6)

(2017) Black in Design, ModeratorParticipated in recognizing the contributions of the African diaspora to design fields (Oct 9-10)

(2017) Urban Space and Democratic Citizenship, PresenterPresented “Power, Place, and Urban Design” Cambridge (Sept 28-29)

(2017) Climate Adaptation and Liability Workshop, Planning CommitteeExplored legal implications of “failing to adapt”, Boston (May 19)

(2017) ULI Imagine Boston 2030 Policy Tank Panel, PanelistDiscussed on Imagine Boston 2030, Boston (May 9)

(2017) Next Cities Symposium, Keynote SpeakerPresented “Politics, Power, and Urban Design” at University of Waterloo (Mar 9)

(2016) Design for Equity 2.0: Shifting the Balance, Co-organizer. Organized Colloquium, Curriculum, and hosted charrette at Architecture Boston Expo

(2015) Future of Suburbia Design Seminar and Workshop, Critic and Discussant, MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism (Mar 13-14)

(2015) People Planning for Future Inclusive Cities Conference, Contributor, “Muntinlupa Matters: Addressing Informality in Metro Manila”, Metro Manila

(2013) Interwoven Purposes: Elements of Intelligent Infrastructure Symposium, Presenter “Cultures of Infrastructure” at MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism, Cambridge

(2008) FuturePresent: Our Communities Symposium, Co-Organizer and Moderator, Cambridge (Apr 3)