Don’t Sell the Land
Community, Housing, and Design Justice
October 21 and 22, 2022
Organized by the David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture
College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs
University of Texas at Arlington
This program is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with a grant from the SOM Foundation.
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October 20: Celebrating 10 Years of the Dillon Symposium with Sally Dillon RSVP for this event
October 21: Community Workshop with Everett L. Fly, FASLA, Landscape Architect/Architect RSVP for this event
October 22: Dillon Symposium at the South Dallas Cultural Center RSVP for this event
Celebrating 10 Years of the Dillon Symposium with the Sally Dillon Retrospective
October 20, 2022, 5-7pm
UTA CAPPA Gallery
Wine and light hors d’ouevres
The Sally Dillon Retrospective celebrates 10 Years of the Dillon Symposium. Sally is a creative artist based in Amherst, Massachusetts and will join us for the exhibition opening.
https://www.sallydillon.com/
Community Workshop led by Everett Fly
October 21, 2022, noon-4pm
Box Lunch provided
UTA Library, 6th floor
Location Information
Noon Doors Open
12:30 Opening remarks
1:00 Remarks by Everett Fly
1:30 Workshop breakout groups
3:00 Workshop reports
3:30 Closing remarks and action items
Dillon Symposium
Saturday, October 22, 2022, 12:30pm-4pm
South Dallas Cultural Center
Snacks and water provided
Location information
1:00 Opening Remarks
1:15 Keynote Address: Everett L. Fly, FASLA, Architect/Landscape Architect
1:45 Lightning Talks
Kofi Boone, FASLA, Professor, North Carolina State University
Latosha Herron-Bruff, Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce
Louise Mozingo, Professor, University of California at Berkeley
Libby Vierra-Bland, AICP, Project Row House
2:30pm Panel Discussion
3:15 Tabletop Discussions
3:50 Closing Remarks
Speaker Information
Everett L. Fly is a native of San Antonio where he lives with his wife Rosalinda. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture (honors) and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, he has practiced forty-two years as a licensed landscape architect and architect.
His awards include:
• 2014 – National Humanities Medal
• 2020 – Conservation Society of San Antonio “Texas Preservation Hero Award”
• 2021 – Harvard University Graduate School of Design Alumni Award
• 2021 – National Daughters of the American Revolution Historic Preservation Medal
He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (FASLA/1995).
Kofi Boone, FASLA is a Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar at NC State University. Kofi is a Detroit native and a graduate of the University of Michigan. His work is in the overlap between landscape architecture and environmental justice with specializations in democratic design and interpreting cultural landscapes. He is the winner of student and professional ASLA awards including the Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal. He is the founder of the Just Communities Lab, President of the Landscape Architecture Foundation, and serves on the boards of Black Landscape Architects Network and the Land Loss Prevention Project.
Latosha (Tosha) Herron Bruff is the DRC’s Senior Vice President of Inclusion and Community Engagement. In this role, she focuses on understanding the needs and overcoming the challenges of underserved areas, such as Southern Dallas. With more than 20 years of experience advocating for marginalized communities, combined with her background in real estate, Herron Bruff brings a wealth of knowledge of the industry and commitment to projects that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion for all.
Prior to the DRC, Herron Bruff spent more than 10 years with Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity working to improve the quality of life for diverse communities across Southern Dallas. A Dallas native, Herron Bruff holds a degree in journalism from the University of North Texas and a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Executive certification from Cornell. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and attends Concord Church. She has served on the advisory board of Children’s Health and is currently a member of the Dallas Mavericks Advisory Council, South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc., Board of the Salvation Army, Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation and Desoto Economic Development Corporation. Herron Bruff and her husband Garfield are the proud parents of two children, Brooklyn and Braxton.
Louise Mozingo is Professor of the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. She is a member of the Graduate Group in Urban Design of the College of Environmental Design and Director of the American Studies program of the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. She was named a Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies in 2017. A former Associate and senior landscape architect for Sasaki Associates, Prof. Mozingo joined the department after a decade of professional practice. In 2009 she became the founding director of a research interdisciplinary team at the College of Environmental Design, the Center for Resource Efficient Communities (CREC) dedicated to supporting resource efficiency goals through environmental planning and urban design. www.crec.berkeley.edu
Libby Viera-Bland, AICP, came to planning and design through a passion for understanding how the narratives of place differ based on whose voice is prioritized. Currently, Libby is the Neighborhood Development Project Manager for Row House CDC, Project Row Houses, and PRH Preservation where she oversees the planning and development of affordable housing across the Third Ward in Houston. She completed concurrent master’s degrees in Architecture and City and Regional Planning with a focus in Community and Economic Development at the University of Pennsylvania. Libby worked at the statewide housing justice organization, Texas Housers, as a Neighborhood Equity Planner and Analyst Libby was chosen by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the fifth cohort of the Culture of Health Leaders and she was also a fellow of Katherine McGovern School of the Arts and Project Row Houses’ socially engaged arts fellowship.
Panel Discussion Moderator
Darren L. James, FAIA, is President of KAI Enterprises, a national design and construction services parent organization and he is based in Dallas. In this role, Darren is responsible for marketing/sales. He serves as the Inaugural President of Fair Park First, the non-profit, engaged by the City of Dallas in a P3 relationship managing Fair Park, a National Historic Landmark. Under his leadership, Fair Park First has created a 20-year Master Plan update and initiated a capital campaign.
Darren is an architect, entrepreneur, and servant leader, and is Chair of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce serving as the longest tenured board leader as well as the Board of Directors for the Dallas Citizen’s Council, The Real Estate Council, Dallas Regional Chamber, World Affairs Council and Trinity Park Conservancy. He was appointed to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.