BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:722@ssa.ccny.cuny.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T170000 DTSTAMP:20250414T155426Z URL:https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/rising-urbanists-queering-landscapes/ SUMMARY:Rising Urbanists: Queering Landscapes DESCRIPTION:The City College ASLA-NY Student Chapter is hosting its 8th ann ual Rising Urbanist conference on Saturday\, April 26th\, starting at 9:45 am.\n$15 for ASLA Members. $25 for non-members. Free for students.\n\nIn t he 2025 installment of Rising Urbanists\, "Queering Landscapes"\, We spotl ight Queer perspectives\, works\, and spaces in Landscape Architecture and other related fields. The conference will delve into the many meanings of Queerness through social space\, ecology\, design\, aesthetics\, and more . We will explore how practitioners in our field can integrate these conce pts into our profession. In crafting this conference\, we hope to encourag e transdisciplinary dialogue that bridges the gap between designers and th e social and ecological systems we work with.\n\nREGISTRATION REQUIRED HER E\n\nKeynote speakers:\nMel Michelle Lewis (she/they)\, PhD\, author of Bi omythography Bayou\nDavid Rubin (he/him)\, Founding Principal\, Land Colle ctive\n\n4.5 LACES CEUs- Approved\n\nSessions and Speakers:\n\n9:45am\nCof fee and Registration\n\n10:20am\nOpening Remarks\nMarta Gutman (she/her)\, PhD\, Dean\, Spitzer School of Architecture\n\n10:30- 11:45 am\nPanel: Qu eer Placemaking and Activism\n\nPanelists:\nTimothy Leonard (he/him)\, Nat ional Parks Conservation Association\nMark Segal (he/him)\, PhD\, Social A ctivist\, Journalist\, and Author\nKari Roynesdal (she/her)\, Urban Planne r/Designer\, Agency Landscape + Planning\nHila the Earth (she/her)\, Eco-R apper\, Comedian\, and Content Creator\nModerator:\nSonia Uthuph (she/they )\, MLA '25\n\n12:00- 1:00 pm\nKeynote presentation: Queer Provocations: N ature\, Culture\, Place\n\nMel Michelle Lewis (she/they)\, PhD\, Lead Coac h &\; Consultant\, The Art of Change Agency\n\n2:00-3:15 pm\nPanel: The Aesthetics of Decay\n\nPanelists:\nWendy Andringa (she/her)\, Founder &am p\; Principal\, Assemblage\nPatrick Costello (he/him)\, Artist of ecologic al horticulture\, installation\, printmaking\, and performance\n\nModerato r:\nLizette Avineri (she/her)\, MLA '25\n\n3:30- 4:30 pm\nKeynote presenta tion\n\nDavid Rubin (he/him)\, Founding Principal\, Land Collective\n\n4:4 0 pm\nClosing Remarks \n\n5:30- 7:30pm\nHappy Hour Winnie Said\n\nAbout R ising Urbanists\nSince 2017\, the Student ASLA Chapter of City College has been organizing and hosting Rising Urbanists\, a full day conference in w hich we examine a topic within our field of landscape architecture and urb an planning from a framework of social and environmental justice. Our goal is to create an interdisciplinary space where people with varied backgrou nds in practice and academia can have a challenging and productive discuss ion on the annual topic. We are proud of this tradition and are dedicated to continuing the legacy of this kind of student-led and -organized space. \n\nAbout Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis (she/they) \n\nLead Coach &\; Consult ant\, The Art of Change Agency\n\nDr. Mel cultivates critical voices and c reative visions for sustainable practice\, structural change\, environment al justice\, and social transformation as a thought leader and change agen t. Previously\, they provided strategic guidance on social and environment al justice initiatives and creative visioning for the future of clean wate r for people and nature as Vice President for People\, Justice\, and Cultu ral Affairs at American Rivers. Rooted in the Gulf South's folklore\, dial ect\, foodways\, music\, art\, and landscapes\, Dr. Mel's creative work ex plores nature writing themes in rural coastal settings through the lens of Black\, Creole\, and Afrolndigenous knowledges. Their book Biomythography Bayou is available via The Griot Project Book Series at Bucknell Universi ty Press. Dr. Mel served as an Affiliated Researcher with the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania\, Associate Professor and Chair of Studio and Humanistic Studies (Maryland Institute College of Art)\, Director of the Center for Geographies of Justice\, the Women\, Gender\, &\; Sexuality Studies Department\, and Africana Studie s Department (Goucher College)\, and Chair of the Department of Ethnic Stu dies (Saint Mary's College of California).\n\nAbout David Rubin (he/him)  \n\nFounding Principal\, Land Collective\n\nDavid A. Rubin\, PLA\, FASLA\, FAAR is the founding principal of DAVID RUBIN Land Collective\, a landsca pe architecture\, urban design\, and planning studio committed to practici ng socially-purposeful design. David's visionary contribution to the field in "empathy-driven design" is a hallmark of the studio\, earning increasi ng renown for fusing issues of social justice in cities with excellence in the design of public spaces. His projects have received awards and honors from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Instit ute of Architects\, among others. David was recently appointed by the Stat e Department to The Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO) Industry Advisory Group to advise the U.S. government on best practices in landscap e architecture.\nREGISTER HERE\nWe look forward to seeing you there! 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