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The Right to the City: A Dialogue with Dominic Moulden

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Tuesday, May 3rd 2016

7:30 pm

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What does it mean when we talk about "the right to the city?" What would it look like to imagine the "right to the city" in Baltimore? Or in Station North? These are questions that Red Emma's thinks about constantly, and ones that make up the very foundation on which our project rests - and they are questions that we don't have answers to. But we're working on it. Join us as we wade through these questions in a dialogue with longtime community organizer, artist, and educator Dominic Moulden. A native of East Baltimore, Dominic has been at the forefront of the fight for economic justice and affordable housing development for decades, most recently as the Resource Organizer for ONE DC, a position he's held since 1997. Dominic is an organizer that Red Emma's has gone to time and again for advice and inspiration, and we're thrilled to have this opportunity to discuss the history and present trajectory of our neighborhood - how did Greenmount West become Station North? - and to dialogue about the roles that artists, activists, and community members can play in sustainable and equitable neighborhood development that prioritizes an equitable balance of power, politics, and place in Baltimore and beyond.

A native of East Baltimore, Dominic Moulden has extensive experience in community organizing and affordable housing development. He has been the Resource Organizer for Organizing Neighborhood Equity – ONE DC (and its predecessor Manna Community Development Corporation) since 1997. Throughout his career, Moulden has led programs designed to encourage democratic social and economic development in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest, DC. Moulden has strengthened relationships with other non-profits; brought neighborhood people into dialogue with one another and with those who represent diverse interests in the community, including developers, unions, employers, and politicians; and engaged for-profit developers to ensure their projects contain adequate community benefits. Moulden has served on the boards of a variety of nonprofits, including The ICA Group, the Enterprise Foundation Network Advisory Board, and the National Campaign for Human Development. He has spoken in higher education institutions and at conferences on a variety of economic and social justice topics, including housing, workplace democracy, community development and revitalization, faith and justice, and leading change. Moulden participated in executive education through the Washington Urban League, Tufts University, Leadership Washington, and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He holds a BA in Philosophy from St. Alphonsus College, and an MA in Theological Studies from Washington Theological Union.

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