There is a “People’s Accountable Development Summit” coming up this Saturday, May 31 from 9AM-3PM. It’s organized by The South Brooklyn Accountable Development Initiative, which is a project of the Fifth Avenue Committee that “seeks to create dialogue and forge alliances among residents and various community stake holders in Brooklyn facing large developments, re-zonings and other land use changes.” There will be a series of panel discussions on four major accountable development topics: Housing, Labor, Environment and Process. The Summit will take place at PS 282 in Park Slope, which is located at 180 6th Avenue (btw. Lincoln and Berkley). The is free and there will be food, childcare and Spanish translation.

Here’s the schedule:

9:00am-9:30am
Registration, breakfast

9:30am–10:15am
Opening remarks (Michelle de la Uz), keynote speaker, pledge from elected officials

10:15am-10:30am * BREAK *

10:30am-12:00pm
Housing: “Protecting Tenants, Building Affordable Housing” an exploration of inclusionary zoning; affordable housing preservation; special districts and more.
– Brad Lander, Pratt Center for Community Development
– Julia Fitzgerald, Neighbors Helping Neighbors
– Bennett Baumer, Housing Conservation Coordinators
– Alison Cordero, St. Nicholas NPC
– Deb Howard, Pratt Area Community Council
Moderator: Michelle de la Uz, Fifth Avenue Committee

Labor: “Living Wages, Fair Returns”, an exploration of local job training and hiring; living wage jobs, worker safety, leveraging government subsidies for real community benefits and more.
– Elly Spicer, NYC Carpenters Labor-Management Cooperation Trust Fund
– Betina Damiani, Good Jobs New York
– Evelyn Zumba, Latin American Workers Project (Proyecto de los Trabajadores Latino Americanos)
– Carrie Brunk, Jobs With Justice
– David Pratt, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
Moderator: Jeremy Reiss, Community Service Society

(Both panels will run 1.5 hours, simultaneously)

12:00pm-12:15pm * BREAK *

12:15pm-1:45pm
Environment: “Healthy Homes, Sustainable Communities”, an exploration of sustainable design, transit equity, environmental justice and more.
– Gita Nandan, Thread Collective
– Ericka Stallings, Coalition for Asthma Free Homes/NY Immigration Coalition
– Bob Zuckerman, Gowanus Canal Conservancy/Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation
– Elena Conte, Communities United for Transit Equity/Pratt Center for Community Development
– Cecil Corbin Mark (WE ACT for Environmental Justice)
Moderator: Artemio Guerra, Fifth Avenue Committee

Process: “Planning to the People”, an exploration of community planning, community action, efforts to increase government transparency in the development process and more.
– Tom Angotti, Gotham Gazette/Hunter College
– Pat Jones, Community Board 9, Manhattan
– Craig Hammerman, Community Board 6, Brooklyn
– Theo Moore, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality
– Sam Miller, Picture the Homeless
Moderator: Rosten Woo, Center for Urban Pedagogy

(Both panels will run 1.5 hours, simultaneously)

1:45pm-3:00pm
Closing remarks, lunch, entertainment.