Tools and Resources
JUNE 15, 2022 - OP-ED: WHY DECARCERATION MUST BE A PART OF TRANSPORTATION REFORM - BY SARAH BOND AND NAVJOT HEER
“How does locking someone up over unpaid traffic tickets or a $2.50 fare increase public safety? How is the response to this supposed “crime” proportionate to the likely impact on Jocelyn’s life and future? What are other impacts, physical and emotional, that Jocelyn may be experiencing after this violence?”
In this PED Talks episode, America Walks' Ian Thomas interviews Destiny Thomas (no relation!) about her work on dignity-infused community engagement, thrivance (helping people heal from environmental trauma), and the importance of removing "enforcement" and "punishment" from our public institutions.
JULY 27, 2020 - URBANISM IS COMPLICIT IN INFRA-STRUCTURAL RACISM — AND REPARATIONS HAVE A PLACE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
“Everywhere we look, urbanist practices and our built environment itself continue to be place-based manifestations of racist ideology and the institutions of slavery.”
With 600+ unique viewers and 13 panelists that included CEOs, executive directors and industry leaders, we had a robust conversation about a strategy to address the housing crisis without displacement, gentrification, and neighborhood disruption. Dr. Destiny Thomas addressed the issue of equity vs. justice and how we must not only address equity in the current system but replace an unjust system that resulted in the current inequities in housing, transit access and municipal services.
Lean into racial equity learning and practice with us! Oregon Walks is excited to kick off our first Walk the Talk, Talk the Walk with Multnomah County REACH. Dr. Destiny Thomas, CEO and Founder of the Thrivance Group, will talk with us about Purplelining: Strategies that Heal.
Walk the Talk, Talk the Walk is a series of learning opportunities where we ask: how do we disrupt racism that is saturated in active transportation advocacy, programming, and policy spaces? This learning and practice will provide new paths forward as we envision and build a world where every person is able to walk, use a mobility device, or bike/scooter safely in the right of way.
The Movement Podcast, Episode 073: How We Define Professionalism Is Rooted in Racism
“I don’t think we should be moving forward with planning that is not happening through the work and hands and perspectives of people who actually live in the footprint of the project area and that that work should not be transactional, that we shouldn’t be going to communities and asking to build relationship over night for the purposes of a project.”
Equality In Transportation Planning - Greg Lindsay chats with Dr. Destiny Thomas
Designing cities without Black consent upholds white supremacy, says urban planner
“Whether we name it racism or not, the effects are the same”
- via KCRW interview on June 30, 2020
JUNE 8, 2020 - SAFE STREETS ARE NOT SAFE FOR BLACK LIVES (OP-ED)
“If we want to prevent unintended impacts as a result of our planning practices today, our solutions and responses to these crises (and the interlocking systems of oppression that they exacerbate) must be rooted in collective decision-making, with a special emphasis on those who experience and access “outside” from a disadvantaged position in society.”
On May 13, 2020, Dr Thomas participated in America Walks’ webinar titled: Walking and Walkability in the time of COVID 19 Changing Policies and Practices. Her remarks begin at 12:01 on this video.