Collaborative for Healthy and Inclusive Learning Environments (CHILE)

CHILE Speakers


Climate Positive Design

April 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Pamela Conrad, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP, and CPP MLA alum, is an internationally recognized landscape architect and climate advocate. As our world continues to face challenges of urbanization, social injustices and climate change, Pamela focuses on finding solutions to the climate crisis and planning for a resilient future.

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Pamela Conrad

Design for Belonging

March 11, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Nina Briggs is the founding principal of THE FABRIC in Pasadena, California, and teaches landscape architecture at Cal Poly Pomona.

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Nina Briggs

Mapping the Impacts of Green Schoolyards

February 25, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Jean Yang is a landscape designer, urban planner, and educator focused on design-driven, equity-focused, and benefits-based landscapes. Using her interdisciplinary skills to negotiate between city policy, community need, economic feasibility, and aesthetic experience, Yang was instrumental in developing plans for Destination Crenshaw, the Upper LA River and Tributaries Plan, and the LA County Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan with Studio-MLA.

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Jean Yang

Socially engaged art practice and collaborative design for a more just future

February 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Leidy Burgos is a Philadelphia Pennsylvania born and raised native. She is an experienced artist and gardener, mainly participating in Mural arts and gardening community projects in Fairhill’s Kensington Neighborhood of Philadelphia.

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Dignified Engagement

February 11, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Jean Yang is a landscape designer, urban planner, and educator focused on design-driven, equity-focused, and benefits-based landscapes. Using her interdisciplinary skills to negotiate between city policy, community need, economic feasibility, and aesthetic experience, Yang was instrumental in developing plans for Destination Crenshaw, the Upper LA River and Tributaries Plan, and the LA County Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan with Studio-MLA.

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Jean Yang

Including the Deaf and Disabled Communities in the Design Process

February 04, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Alexa Vaughn is a Deaf landscape designer and accessibility specialist at MIG, a 2020 Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Fellow, and two-time alumna of the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her BA in Landscape Architecture in 2016 and her MLA in 2018.

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Alexa Vaughn

Models of Engagement: Partnering Universities with K-12 Schools for Health, Equity, and Resilience

January 28, 2022
12:00 to 01:00 PM

Speakers: Marci Raney, Lara Killick, and Claire Latané

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