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60-Minute Education Session

Emerging Professionals

SUN-A04 - Place Based: How Regional Firms Are Leveraging Local Knowledge for Social Change

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Isaac Raymond Hametz, ASLA

  Principal/Research Director
  Mahan Rykiel Associates

Speaker(s)

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  Mia Lehrer, FASLA

  President
  Studio-MLA
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  Isaac Cohen, ASLA

  Associate
  Studio Outside
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  Alison Hirsch, ASLA

  Associate Professor
  University of Southern California

With the New Landscape Declaration, landscape architecture has staked its claim as a proactive profession. What are design firms doing to live up to the hype? This session will highlight how three firms from across the United States are leveraging their local knowledge to build partnerships and support social change.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the history of design activism and what it means for landscape architecture today.
• Understand how firms are leveraging local knowledge to support social change in their home communities.
• Identify regional similarities and differences between firms’ social impact strategies and tactics.
• Examine opportunities to engage in design activism in your firm and/or home community.