Join us on Wednesday, January 27th when we will have Sara Bronin, the founder and lead organizer of Desegregate Connecticut. The organization is a coalition of neighbors and nonprofits who believe in creating abundant, diverse housing in service of equity, inclusive prosperity, and a cleaner environment. Sara will speak about how preservation and housing production can go hand in hand, and how preservationists can play an important role in advocating for statewide housing reform.
Please register here for this talk and the Zoom login will be sent to you.
BIO: Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, professor, and policymaker who works to create and preserve great places. Sara is one of the country’s leading experts in the areas of property law, land use, historic preservation, urban planning, and renewable energy. She holds an endowed chair at UConn Law School, and this academic year holds visiting positions at the Yale School of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Sara has held national positions in academic associations and currently advises the Sustainable Development Code and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, serves on the board of Latinos for Heritage Conservation, and leads Desegregate Connecticut. Previously, she led the nationally-recognized efforts of the City of Hartford to draft and adopt a climate change action plan, city plan, and zoning code overhaul. She also chaired the city’s Energy Improvement District, Preservation Connecticut, Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association, and Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative. Sara was educated at Yale Law School (as a Truman Scholar), the University of Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar), and the University of Texas at Austin.