Speaker Series—Our Bodies, Our Places, Our Stories

Join us for lunch, learning, and conversation at the next installment of the HEROP Speaker Series on Friday, March 27th, at 12 PM CT. Coffee and networking session to follow. For folks outside of the UIUC community, please join us via Zoom!

The in-person option is open to the University of Illinois community (students, staff, and faculty). Please use the RSVP option on the right for the in-person portion of the event. We will have lunch for all attendees who RSVP by Wednesday @ 10 AM before the event.

A virtual option via Zoom is available for the public. To register for the Zoom option, please access the following link: https://go.illinois.edu/HEROP-ZOOM-MAR27.

Qualitative and narrative data, particularly from a spatial perspective provides an opportunity to understand hidden resources within diverse communities. The purpose of this project is to create a better understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats experienced by marginalized communities facing compounding forms of structural racism in specific geographic areas characterized by their own historical, social, cultural, political, and economic conditions. A deeper understanding of how vulnerable populations navigate both formal and informal assets (of and for the body) is storied by utilizing cognitive mapping, body mapping, and counter-mapping tools in diverse neighborhoods and communities.

Dr. AJ Kim has worked with immigrant rights and environmental justice organizations nationally and internationally for over twenty years. They have a Ph.D. in Urban Planning (UCLA) and a Master’s degree in Ethnic Studies (UCSD). They conduct participatory planning activities in immigrant-dense cities and suburbs to create safer communities for all. They are an Associate Professor of City Planning, with affiliations in the Graduate School of Public Health and LGBTQ+ Studies at San Diego State University. AJ Kim is the Project Director and PI of "Geospatial Mapping for Alternative Health Assets", funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and leads research teams for health equity with non-governmental partners. Learn more at https://www.unauthorizedcity.com. They are currently a Senior Fellow at Stanford University and the Robert S. Cornish Chair in Environmental Justice at the College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley.

Healthy Regions & Policies Lab integrates innovative GIScience, public health, and statistical approaches to explore, understand, and promote healthy places. We’re experts in the spatial & social determinants of health. We're based out of the Dept of Geography & GIScience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Natural History Building, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, United States

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