Robert teaches Interdisciplinary Arts at Eugene Lang College and is on the faculty of the Lang College Prison Education Initiative. He is also an associate at C4 Innovations where he supports recovery-oriented and community and peer-based programs focused on mental health and substance use. Robert is a member of the international sound-art collective, Ultra-red, which …
Aditi Nair, a designer at University of Orange and senior specialist, community practice and strategy at Habitat International, is an urban planner and architect with more than six years of experience focusing on stakeholder collaboration in the planning and development of sustainable housing solutions that reflect asset-based community development and centers social justice. Aditi advocates …
Ayako Maruyama is a Filipina-Japanese designer, educator and illustrator. She spends energy thinking about people, art, public-engagement, biking, urbanism, and community connectivity across thresholds. As part of the Design Studio for Social Intervention with Lori Lobenstine and Kenneth Bailey, Ayako Maruyama co-authored and co-illustrated the recently published book, Ideas Arrangements Effects: Systems Design and Social Justice. …
Jacqueline Castañeda is a researcher and urban strategist specializing in urban design, infrastructures and public policy. She has an academic background in architecture and a master’s degree in Design and Urban Ecologies at Parsons School of Design, The New School. She worked as a strategist and designer for different institutions of the Mexican government, in …
Lesley Green-Rennis earned her B.S. in Microbiology from Michigan State University, MPH from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Ed.D. in health education from Teachers College, Columbia University and completed postdoctoral research at Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute. Her research on substance use and family reunification had a profound impact on her …
Nupur is a public health urbanist who looks at cities, communities and connections through a grassroots lens. A bridge builder and translator in the fields of urban planning and public health, she has developed and implemented strategies to support residents, communities, and neighborhoods challenge power structures to build just, strong, and equitable cities. She has led …
SHARON FORDE is a lifelong resident of the City of Orange Township’s East Ward. She is a graduate of the Orange school system and received a bachelors degree from Ramapo College of New Jersey in Communications. New Jersey. She is a proud mom of 2 children, owner of 89 Central consultant company, co-owner of Hood …
Angel Acosta works to bridge the fields of leadership, social justice & mindfulness. He completed his Ed.D. in the Curriculum and Teaching Department at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research explored healing-centered education as a promising framework for educational leadership development and community care. As a member of the 400 Years of Inequality Project, he designed the Contemplating 400 …
David Chapin, Architect, M.Arch., University of California Berkeley,Professor of Architecture in Psychology, Ph.D. Program in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Emeritus. Collective Recovery, University of Orange. e-mail My interests in environmental psychology stem from my own dissatisfaction with conventional architectural practice, especially after having the experience of knowing my niece (who was …
Eirvkha Prophete is currently a student at County College of Morris as a Child and Family Studies Major and is working on her BA in Child Advocacy and Policies. Aside from school, Eirvkha owns two businesses, Smooth-EZ, LLC and Gen Z Renaissance Network. Smooth-EZ LLC is an Orange-based natural hair care company that provides those …
