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Experience the power of design to reshape our city and address historical inequities. Join us on Friday, November 22, 2024, from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at ArCH Houston for an inspiring evening featuring the unveiling of the winning designs from the Houston Reimagined Charrette! Celebrate with the winners, hear from the judges, and dive into discussions about the innovative solutions created to build a more inclusive Houston. We will also feature a panel of community leaders and stakeholders, including Ricky Cardenas, Danielle Getsinger, Sasha Marshall-Smith and Ed Pettitt, to share their voices, vision, and victories in their community.
Join us at this transformative event and don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to help reimagine our city!
This event is free and open to the community.
Supported by Rice School of Architecture and the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
Panelists include
Ricky Cardenas volunteers much of his time as President of the Second Ward Super Neighborhood and Secretary for the Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority. After 17 years working as a Graphic Artist, Ricky has switched professions, and now serves as Director of External Affairs at the East End District where he relies on his extensive experience and passion for community advocacy to develop, and implement The District’s communications strategy. An avid cycling advocate, Ricky is passionate about transportation equity, active mobility options, and reducing car dependency in favor of a greener, more vibrant community. “Car-light”, Ricky commutes to work and to most of his destinations by bike, helping him to remain closer to the community he serves.
Danielle Getsinger, CEO of Adaapta and founder of Community Lattice, which merged with Adaapta in 2024. Danielle leads a diverse and innovative team committed to accelerating community-driven revitalization, brownfields redevelopment, and resiliency. Danielle is nationally recognized for her brownfields redevelopment expertise, working closely with government, private entities, and grassroots nonprofits on complex environmental projects, revitalization plans, and environmental justice initiatives in communities across the U.S. Danielle is also a fierce advocate for bridging the “data divide” through intentional and responsible community engagement strategies that facilitate access to data and elevate the lived experiences of community members as part of data collection and analysis. Danielle is a licensed Professional Geologist and holds an MBA from the University of Rhode Island.
Sasha Marshall-Smith is the Co-Creator/Program Director of the Fair Housing Defenders program. She manages new initiatives to support the strategic direction of the FHD program. Sasha oversees funding opportunities for the program to ensure the continuous delivery of services and comic book production. She also creates the content for the Fair Housing Defenders comic books, workshops, and speaking events. Sasha is a national public speaker and has educated over two million people about affordable home development, housing discrimination, and fair housing rights. Her expertise includes affordable housing, community development, economic revitalization, public outreach, public awareness campaigns, public speaking, content development, grant writing, communications, and management.
Ed Pettitt is the founder and president of Friends of Columbia Tap and vice president of the Third Ward Super Neighborhood. As a graduate research assistant at the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, Ed is committed to advancing sustainable urban development and equitable policies. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in urban planning and environmental policy, Ed has contributed his expertise as a juror for numerous architecture student projects at the University of Houston. His efforts have earned him recognition as a Scenic Citizen by Scenic Houston, and a proud Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International.
