“Building the Just City”
David Dillon Symposium, October 10-11, 2014
Sponsored by the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Dallas Morning News
In recent days, as the events of Ferguson, Missouri have reverberated around the nation, we have been confronted by the reality that the idea and experience of justice in the American city is contested and imperfect. We have an enormous population living in the shadow world of the prison system, and our streets are becoming increasingly militarized. This year’s Dillon Symposium brings together an interdisciplinary group of speakers—architects, historians, sociologists, police professionals, and other experts in criminal justice — to examine the ways that we can construct spaces, in our streets and in our prisons, that better reflect our ideals of justice, fairness, and decency.
Keynote address, October 10, 2014
Raphael Sperry, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
Symposium, October 11, 2014
Morning panel “What Is a Just City?”
Opening remarks
David O. Brown, Chief of Police of the Dallas Police Department
Panelists
Anna Andrzejewski, University of Wicsonsin-Madison
Colleen Casey, School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington
Chad Houser, Café Momentum
Moderator
Courtney Cronley, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work
Afternoon panel “Designing for Justice”
Panelists
Theron Bowman, Assistant City Manager, City of Arlington
Gregory Cook, HOK – Justice
Yolanda Lara, Dallas County Sherriff’s Office
Raphael Sperry, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
Victor F. “Trey” Trahan, III, FAIA
Seema Yasmin, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas Morning News
Moderator
Mark Lamster, University of Texas at Arlington, Dallas Morning News