People's Accountable Development Summit May 31, 2008

Organized by The South Brooklyn Accountable Development Initiative (a project of the Fifth Avenue Committee), seeks to create dialogue and forge alliances among residents and various community stake holders in Brooklyn facing large developments, re-zonings and other land use changes.
The centerpiece of the Summit will be a series of panel discussions on four major accountable development topics: Housing, Labor, Environment, and Process.

The Summit will take place at:
PS 282 in Park Slope, Brooklyn
180 6th Avenue (btw. Lincoln and Berkley)
2/3 to Bergen Street, B/Q to Seventh Ave, R to Union Street,
B63 to 5th Ave/Garfield, B67 to 7th Ave/Garfield
This event is free. Food, childcare and Spanish translation will be
provided.
Full schedule below. Please join us!
For more information or a pdf flyer for this event, contact Dave at
[email protected] or (718) 237-2017 ext 148
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SUMMIT SCHEDULE
9:00am-9:30am
Registration, breakfast
9:30am--10:15am
Opening remarks (Michelle de la Uz), keynote speaker, pledge from elected
officials
10:15am-10:30am * BREAK *
10:30am-12:00pm
Housing
"Protecting Tenants, Building Affordable Housing" an exploration of
inclusionary zoning; affordable housing preservation; special districts and
more.
- Brad Lander, Pratt Center for Community Development
- Julia Fitzgerald, Neighbors Helping Neighbors
- Bennett Baumer, Housing Conservation Coordinators
- Alison Cordero, St. Nicholas NPC
- Deb Howard, Pratt Area Community Council
Moderator: Michelle de la Uz, Fifth Avenue Committee
Labor
"Living Wages, Fair Returns", an exploration of local job training and
hiring; living wage jobs, worker safety, leveraging government subsidies for
real community benefits and more.
- Elly Spicer, NYC Carpenters Labor-Management Cooperation Trust
Fund
- Betina Damiani, Good Jobs New York
- Evelyn Zumba, Latin American Workers Project (Proyecto de los
Trabajadores Latino Americanos)
- Carrie Brunk, Jobs With Justice
- David Pratt, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health
Moderator: Jeremy Reiss, Community Service Society
(Both panels will run 1.5 hours, simultaneously)
12:00pm-12:15pm * BREAK *
12:15pm-1:45pm
Environment
"Healthy Homes, Sustainable Communities", an exploration of sustainable
design, transit equity, environmental justice and more.
- Gita Nandan, Thread Collective
- Ericka Stallings, Coalition for Asthma Free Homes/NY Immigration
Coalition
- Bob Zuckerman, Gowanus Canal Conservancy/Gowanus Canal Community
Development Corporation
- Elena Conte, Communities United for Transit Equity/Pratt Center
for Community Development
- Cecil Corbin Mark (WE ACT for Environmental Justice)
Moderator: Artemio Guerra, Fifth Avenue Committee
Process
"Planning to the People", an exploration of community planning, community
action, efforts to increase government transparency in the development
process and more.
- Tom Angotti, Gotham Gazette/Hunter College
- Pat Jones, Community Board 9, Manhattan
- Craig Hammerman, Community Board 6, Brooklyn
- Theo Moore, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality
- Sam Miller, Picture the Homeless
Moderator: Rosten Woo, Center for Urban Pedagogy
(Both panels will run 1.5 hours, simultaneously)
1:45pm-3:00pm
Closing remarks, lunch, entertainment.