2024 Equity Summit
Equity Summit 2024: Meeting the Moment
Advancing smart growth in the face of resistance
Smart growth practitioners must proactively integrate strategies to advance racial equity into their planning, transportation, and land use work, especially at the current moment. Over the last several years, there has been increased attention and investment targeted at overcoming inequitable planning systems, but to date, these efforts have fallen short of our stated goals. In the face of capacity concerns, surface-level interventions to systemic challenges, and the recent Supreme Court decision effectively ending affirmative action, our movement is at a critical inflection moment.
The 2024 Equity Summit was a huge success! We’re so thankful to have spent two days with thought leaders, advocates, and practitioners learning more about how they’re working to create more equitable transportation, housing, and land use outcomes in their communities.
Read more about this year’s Summit in our recap >>
Watch the 2024 Equity Summit recordings
Visit our YouTube playlist to view recordings of the keynotes and all the panel discussions.
Day 1
Wednesday, March 27, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Welcome & keynote
Keynote Speaker: April De Simone
2:50 p.m. Mainstage panel
Moving within this moment: Strategies for overcoming structural barriers
Learn more about the panel and meet the speakers
4:00 p.m. Workshops and informal networking
Explore the interactive workshops
5:00 p.m. Day 1 concludes
5:30 p.m. Event happy hour
Day 2
Thursday, March 28, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m. Welcome and keynote
Day 2 Keynote: Charles Brown
9:50 a.m. Mainstage panel
Building momentum: Lessons from frontline advocates & government leaders
Learn more about the panel and meet the speakers
10:50 a.m. Mainstage Panel
Cultural organizing as reclamation and resistance
Learn more about the panel and meet the speakers
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Concurrent panels
Harnessing data and lived experiences for safe streets Collective care for moving through this moment
Equitable infrastructure to bridge divides
1:50 p.m. Closing remarks
2:25 p.m. Off-site tours begin
4:30 p.m. Tours end
Stay tuned for more programming updates in the coming days.
