Can you imagine your perfect city? Victoria (or Vee) Paykar can. This week we examine why designing fair, and accessible transportation policies require empathy. With this crash course in equity and intersectionality, listen and learn about what it takes to uplift communities disproportionately affected by environmental racism.
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Various vittles from our chat with Vee
- Connect with Victoria Paykar on LinkedIn
- Meet transportation advocate Tamika Butler
- Learn about the Intersectional Environmentalist
- Watch L.A.’s Dodger Stadium’s violent origin on Vox
- Learn about BIPOC and listen to NPR’s Code Switch: Is It Time To Say R.I.P. To 'POC'? episode on the topic
- Learn about President Biden’s proposed infrastructure funding framework and read Ale's blog post
- Read about the built environment
- Learn about marginalism and intersectionality on the Privilege Wheel by Sylvia Duckworth
- Watch Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race
- Learn about the electric vehicle models and which electric vehicle may best fit your lifestyle
- Read about micromobility and learn about the 15-Minute City
- All We Can Save author Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's Venn diagram on what you should do about the climate crisis
- Read The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- Read The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Kline
- Read The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert Reich
- Learn about redlining and Redlining and Coastal Access Inequity in San Diego
- Read the Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
Special thanks to Vee Paykar. Feelanthrope is produced by Ally Celones Senturk. Our audio engineer and composer is Kory Hilpmann, with original music by Danny Nguyen. Our designer is Kait Kols
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