Equity by Design: Virtual Dialogue 4

How do we make our built environment, at every scale, a tool for disease prevention and the promotion of wellness for all?

As we begin to build and renovate our homes and communities in a post-COVID-19 world, we must radically accelerate the application of an age-friendly framework that addresses disparities. This means housing and communities that are safe, affordable, and facilitate multigenerational interaction; meet sensory, emotional, physical, social, behavioral, and health needs across the lifespan; and include appropriate transportation options—enabling every resident to thrive.

Join this six-part dialogue series, where Dr. Bill Thomas will moderate a conversation with built environment leaders from the U.S. and across the globe, who will share diverse perspectives on what it will take to create enabling and equitable housing and multigenerational communities. Each dialogue is framed around 1-2 key principles for Creating Enabling & Equitable Housing and Multigenerational Communities.

The Equity by Design series is for policymakers, planners, designers and architects, developers, financiers, academic and real estate professionals, age-friendly community advocates, and other colleagues interested in making our built environment a tool to support everyone at every stage across increasingly long lifespans.

Virtual Dialogue 4: Prioritize Connectivity

Built environment professionals must prioritize the provision of broadband access and appropriate technologies that enable telehealth and remote learning, work, and engagement, as a means to facilitate greater independence and participation by residents of all ages and abilities in all aspects of society.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

• Dr. Joseph Coughlin, Founder and Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab
• Justin Garrett Moore, Executive Director, New York City Public Design Commission
• Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda, President of World Enabled, President of the Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES); Lecturer, College of Environmental Design, University of California Berkeley
• Dr. Bill Thomas, Cofounder, ChangingAging.org (Moderator)

HOST
Stephanie Firestone, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, Health & Age-friendly Communities, AARP