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Park(ing) Day Pontiac 2020

Stream @ https://www.facebook.com/holonomyinc/live/

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Conversational Transition Digital Design:

Introduction: Video Park(ing) Day Pontiac 2018 

11:00AM: City of Pontiac Council President Kermit Williams (Still Tentative) 

11:15AM: Blair McGowan, Crofoot Ballroom & Studios - Pontiac Historical Retrospective 

11:30AM: Janice Smith, OLHSA Early Childhood Director: Context of Human Services in Pontiac, Impact of Covid-19, Shift to Digital Learning, Early Childhood Resilience & Digital Learning Pilot October 15th 

12:00PM: Oakland University Global Cities, Rochester Hills, MI - Future Work, Live and Play, Interactive Student Inquiry 

12:30PM: Friends of the Pontiac Parks, Kathalee James - Inclusive Development, Pontiac and Oakland County, Parks in Neighborhoods and Downtown, Role of the Parks in Public Health 

1:00PM: Katy Davis, KaBoom!, Washington, D.C. - Play in Cities, Designers, Play, Government & Business Communities, Play and Resilience

1:30-3:00PM: Placemaking US w/ Ryan Smolar (Long Beach Fresh, Downtown Santa Ana Business District) Madeleine Spencer (Downtown Santa Ana Business District, Circulos School Intermediary), Tina Govan (Placemaking Studio Raleigh, NC, Founder/Architect) : Kid in Cities Symposium, Pilots, XQ School Redesign Challenge, Architecture and Human Centered Design Relationship & Shift, Role of Placemaking in Cities

Still Unscheduled: 

State Representative Brenda Carter: State of Michigan’s relationship with Pontiac

Pontiac Sun Timebank: Food Security and Covid-19 recovery efforts, focus of the organization. 

Brie Stevens, Chattanooga Entrepreneur: Racial Equity, Digital Learning & Community Engagement and Development, Organizational Politics

Drone Footage (Ryan Google Earth)

Later Event: April 22
Earth Day 51