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2014 Bruner Loeb Forum Design for Equity Bronx River Case Study Alexie Torres-Fleming Executive Director, Access Strategies Fund Loeb Fellow 2014

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The Bronx River Public Housing Projects, South Bronx, New York

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The Burning of the South Bronx The Legacy of Planned Shrinkage and Benign Neglect

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When the people lead, the leaders will follow

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CommunityWe Belong to One Another

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What is Power? What is Equity?

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Trusting OUR Wisdom and Expertise

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Demystifying the Systems and Language of Planning

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Fearlessly Speaking Truth to Power

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Our Voice, Our Way Art, Theater, Music, Play

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Seeing What Others Do Not See

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Transformational VS Transactional Relationships

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Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say 'We have done this ourselves. Lao Tzu