The 2015 Novem Mason Symposium on Community-Engaged Design will focus on housing the homeless and will feature Brent Brown, of bcWORKSHOP and Dallas CityDesign Studio. The UNCG symposium will be March 5-7.
Registration to the symposium is free. In lieu of a registration fee, please make a donation of non-perishable food, toiletries, and/or baby supplies. Organizers will distribute the collected goods to the following: Urban Ministries Food Bank (non-perishable food), Interactive Resource Center (toiletries), and My Sister Susan’s House (baby supplies).
Highlights include:
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Community Service Day – Center for Community-Engaged Design (CC-ED)
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
842B West Lee Street
Join students, faculty, staff, community members and partners, and friends of IARc in various projects including Industries of the Blind, Graffiti Garden, Tiny Houses, and Tiny House Village.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Panel Discussion: Homeless Populations in the Triad
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Gatewood Building, West Studio
- Salima Thomas, Partners Ending Homelessness
- Yatisha Blythe, Supervisor of Homeless Services and Community Support (youth)
- Shanna Reece, Servant Center (veterans)
- Susan Ball, Mental Health Association of Greensboro
- Maha Elobeid , Center for New North Carolinians (refugees and immigrants)
Lunch and Roundtable Discussions
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Gatewood Locations
Brent Brown Keynote: Community-Engaged Design
1 – 2 p.m.
114 School of Education Building
Founder, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP (bcWORKSHOP)
Founding Director, CityDesign Studio, Dallas
Workshop: Creative Ways to Address Affordable Housing
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
West Studio, Gatewood Building
Brent Brown and Travis Hicks, Director, Center for Community-Engaged Design and Department of Interior Architecture, UNCG
Local leaders and other symposium participants will facilitate another workshop during this time.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Challenge: Attacking Affordable Housing as a Design Solution
9 – 10 a.m.
Gatewood Building
Brent Brown, Travis Hicks, and symposium participants
Design charette, lunch and presentations
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Gatewood Building
The Novem Mason Symposium is sponsored by the UNCG Department of Interior Architecture, Center for Community-Engaged Design, and the HES Foundation, with special thanks to Starbucks and Apple Spice Junction.
For details or to register visit http://communityengagement.uncg.edu/2014-2015-speaker-series/.
Reposted from UNCG News and Features