Activists and Agitators 2022
‘Confronting Our Past, Constructing Our Future’
Thank you so much for attending Activists and Agitators on October 13, 2022. Please stay tuned for our 2023 event!
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2022 Activists and Agitators Program
This Year’s Featured Speaker

Jenny Schuetz
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Jenny is an expert on urban economics and housing policy and has written about land use regulation, housing prices, urban amenities, and neighborhood change, most notably in her book: Fixer Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems.
Panel Discussion

Sandy Doyle-Ahern, Panel Moderator
President, EMH&T

Jasmine Ayres, Panelist
Director of Client Success, Cohear

Kerstin Carr, Panelist
Chief Regional Strategy Officer, MORPC

Jon Melchi, Panelist
Executive Director, BIA of Central Ohio

Danielle Sydnor, Panelist
CEO, Rise Together Innovation Center
Local Performances

KaTanya Brewer
Vocalist

Meaca Moore
Spoken Word
Undesign the Redline Exhibit
During our 2022 Activists and Agitators event, we will officially launch Undesign the Redline, a national interactive exhibit by Designing the WE that explores the history of structural racism from the 1938 redlining maps. We will discuss how redlining continues to impact inequity in our community today and how we can unite to undesign these systems with intentionality.
Activists and Agitators Artwork
For the first time ever, YWCA Columbus will exhibit local Columbus artists and their work inspired by the effects of redlining, structural racism, social justice, housing inequities, and more.
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About Activists and Agitators
Activists and Agitators is an annual YWCA Columbus event dedicated to uniting the Columbus community and inspiring attendees to pursue greater social change together than we can achieve alone.
This event fosters dialogue, provides practical resources, and educates the community to promote empowerment and inclusion. We created Activists and Agitators with the belief that anyone and everyone can be an agent for social change. If we all commit to intentional, anti-racist, direct action and harm reduction, our collective impact will be profound.
Activists and Agitators Sponsors
We are so thankful for our community and corporate partners. It is with your support that we are able to activate our community through events like these.
SPONSOR CONTACT
Jessica Wichtman-Will
614.253.3916
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Bank of America Campus Partners Central Ohio Transit Authority Christie Angel & Otto Beatty, III
Columbia Gas Columbus Apartment Association Columbus Downtown Development Corp
Community Shelter Board Donatos Pizza Easton Community Foundation
EMH&T Encova EY GBQ Partners Oswald Companies PNC Positively Blue
The City of Columbus The Ohio State University The Robert Weiler Company thinkCSC
Ally Sponsors
Colette Barricks Barbara Benham Lydia Benham Lynn Evans Coons MORPC Move to PROSPER
New Reach Community Consulting Ohio Women’s Alliance Sarah Pariser Consulting UpRys
» View our exhibit sponsors here
FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES, CONTACT:
Molly Kowaleski
Director of Marketing & Communications
614.627.1229
mkowaleski@ywcacolumbus.org