Launch Event

YESMIN VEGA: Senior Program Manager for Community Development at WHEDco, the Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation, a community development non-profit organization in the Bronx.

MARTY POTTENGER: Artist/Activist creating multi-disciplinary projects at the intersection of creative engagement and community development. Since 1975, Pottenger’s three primary focuses have been racial equity/ending white racism; economic equity/working class engagement; municipal and community resilience. Executive Director, Art At Work.

SARAH CALDERON: Managing Director of ArtPlace America and previously Executive Director of Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education (Bronx, NY) from 2008-2015. Lecturer at The New School and NYU.

JUANLI CARRIÓN: Artist, researcher, activist, and faculty at Parsons School of Design. Currently a doctoral candidate, his work has variously focused on the research, development, and education of community engaged design and artistic practices, with an emphasis on social and environmental justice.