We Who Engage
Summary: We Who Engage is a movement to rebuild our public’s resilience for the difficult conversations necessary for a functioning democracy. In this podcast, we'll talk about how we can help each other create a democracy that not only survives the many challenges it faces but one that harnesses the collective intelligence of the entire public to do so.
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- Artist: Ayushi Roy & Ceasar McDowell
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Podcasts:
In Episode 8, The Move Podcast interviews Danielle DeRuiter-Williams, formerly at the San Francisco Planning Department and founder of The Justice Collective. Co-hosts Ceasar and Ayushi laugh about the art of writing angry emails, why biking to work isn't for everyone, and tackling the homogeneity of corporate structures.
In Episode 7, the Move Podcast team interviews Dasjon Jordan, a current Master of City Planning student and former community development practitioner for Broad Community Connections in New Orleans. Ceasar and Ayushi discuss participation in democracy and the economy in New Orleans with Dasjon and the role of thoughtful personal presence in fostering equity.
In Episode 6, the Move Podcast interviews Kenny Bailey from the Design Studio for Social Intervention. Co-hosts Ceasar and Ayushi discuss the lack of physical hubs for public intellectuals, the forgotten value of social infrastructure within organizations, and the wider state of "social emergency" facing our communities in need today.
In Episode 5, the Move Podcast interviews Tau Tavengwa, 2018 Loeb Fellow from South Africa and Editor/Founder of the publication CityScapes. We discuss the role of humility in public service, and how it should inform the profession. What does real collaboration and conversation between professionals and planners look like?
In Episode 4, The Move Podcast interviews Sabrina Dorsainvil, Civic Designer and Program Manager at the Boston Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM). Not only does MONUM tackle questions of civic infrastructure and governance innovation similar to The Move, but even her job title couldn't be more aligned. What does a civic designer even do? Does governance innovation inherently imply digital delevopment?
In Episode 3, The Move Podcast interviews Wendell Joseph, a Neighborhood Planner for the City of Cambridge. We discuss what it looks like to be the front line of democracy, and what it would mean to design a community engagement process to support the healing of scars for both public servants and constituents.
In Episode 2, The Move Podcast interviews Sasha Costanza-Chock, Associate Professor of Civic Media at MIT. Co-hosts Ceasar and Ayushi talk about what it really means to design for the margins, what is "design justice," and conduct a mini thought experiment on the possibility of building a "human-centered borderwall."
Welcome to The Move Podcast Season 1! This episode kicks off Season 1 by introducing the theme of the season -- How do we build a new civic infrastructure that allows for a more complex public to do the work it needs to do for a fair and just society to be created? With co-hosts Ceasar McDowell and Ayushi Roy, The Move Season 1 tackles eight different types of conversations that need to be had to better engage with our increasingly diverse communities and cities.
