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Creating Equitable Neighborhoods | Conscious NYC 2020 Festival

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Nidhi Gulati is the Senior Director of Programs & Projects at Project for Public Spaces, where she manages multiple programs with a variety of services designed for impact and a team of seasoned Placemakers. Nidhi is a trained architect, urban researcher, and social impact professional who first joined Project for Public Spaces in 2013 as an Associate. In that role, she managed more than 10 projects throughout the United States and abroad, while also making significant contributions to many others. Ingrained in all her work is a commitment to better serve the most vulnerable populations in our cities and towns, including women and children. She is a proud immigrant, lover of trains, and persistent pedestrian everywhere she goes.

During his 40-year career at Community Access (CA) in New York City, Steve was committed to improving health outcomes and advancing the rights of people with mental illness. CA pioneered an integrated supportive housing model that blends affordable units for families and units for formerly homeless people recovering from mental illness, and now has a pipeline of 2,000 units in 25 developments. Steve was honored by the National Council for Behavioral Health in 2016 for his CIT advocacy. Steve retired as CEO of Community Access in June 2019 and is now supporting a range of mental health housing and advocacy initiatives throughout the U.S. and abroad. An avid proponent of human-centered design, Steve hopes to assist agencies and governments plan and implement social initiatives that are truly informed by user needs.

Nidhi Gulati: Senior Director of Programs & Projects at Project for Public Spaces
Ali Estefam: Fellow, The Centre for Conscious Design, Senior Community Outreach Specialist at Melissa Johnson Associates, Community Advisor at Garra
Tara Thiagarajan: Founder and Chief Scientist at Sapien LabsFounder, Chairman and Managing Director of Madura Microfinance
Steve Coe: retired CEO Community access, mental health advocate
Meg Walker: Senior Placemaker at Project for Public SpacesAdjunct Professor of City Planning at Pratt Institute

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