The Power of Parks:
Pandemic, Recovery, and Beyond

Join New Yorkers for Parks for a night of thought-provoking conversations as we re-imagine NYC’s public realm and how it will drive a recovery focused on racial equity, housing, sociology, climate change, resiliency, transportation, and public health.

Moderated by
Michael Kimmelman
Architecture critic, The New York Times, and founder and editor at large of Headway

In conversation with
Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH
Director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and the FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Eric Klinenberg
Helen Gould Professor in the Social Sciences and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU and author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Janette Sadik-Khan
Principal, Bloomberg Associates and former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation

Honoring
Alan Steel
President and CEO, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
In recognition of his visionary leadership through the pandemic and his inspirational commitment to NY4P

Thursday, November 19, 2020
7pm ET
Virtual event

Your support will help NY4P build coalitions to create a visionary and equitable parks and open space system in New York City.