Centering Equity and Building Urban Resilience with Laurian Farrell

In this powerful interview, Christine speaks to the North America Director of Resilient Cities Network, Laurian Farrell. Join as she shares about her upbringing, passion for engineering, and drive to center equity and resilience in cities and communities. Laurian talks about the incredible power of bringing all voices to the table and the importance of equity and planning for a resilient future. Hear firsthand about her beautiful work toward transforming communities on today’s episode of the We Rise Podcast!

LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED

Find out more about Laurian Farrell, as well as the Black Environmentalist Alliance.

Discover more about the incredible work of the Resilient Cities Network and the Community of Practice on Racial Equity.

Learn more about Janvieve Williams Comrie and AfroResistance. 

Learn more about urban equity and resilience by reading No Equity, No Resilience: Minneapolis is All of Us by Ron Harris and Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy.

Collective Resilience: We Rise is produced by Dialogue + Design Associates, Podcasting For Creatives, with music by Drishti Beats.

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