Histories of Urban Planning, Redlining, and Community Need in Syracuse with Todd Goehle

Name: Histories of Urban Planning, Redlining, and Community Need in Syracuse with Todd Goehle
Start: 2025-02-26T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-26T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 505 Hawley Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States, New York 13203

Schedule

Wed Feb 26 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

505 Hawley Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States, New York 13203 | Syracuse, NY

In conjunction with our current exhibition, A PLACE TO CALL HOME: Photographs by Michelle Gabel & Mike Greenlar, please join us for a talk by Todd M. Goehle, Vice President of Operations and Strategy, PEACE, Inc.
Free and open to the public.
This talk will define and discuss strategies of redlining, housing discrimination, and urban planning that still affect Syracuse’s development today. Central New Yorkers are increasingly more aware about the histories of Redlining, Racial Covenants, and Urban Renewal. Less discussed are the global origins of these policies. Similarly neglected are the precise ways in which they continue to shape the housing, health, food, etc. systems of American cities. The talk will address these issues and their effects on Syracuse by using a wide range of sources, including PEACE, Inc.’s 2024 Community Needs Assessment for Onondaga County. A broader community conversation will follow wherein guests are encouraged to raise questions and solutions.
About Todd Goehle
Todd Goehle is Vice President of Operations and Strategy at PEACE, Inc., Onondaga County’s Community Action Agency. Prior to his nonprofit career, Todd was a SUNY-Award winning Lecturer of European and Global History at SUNY Geneseo, where he also taught Humanities in Eastern Europe and published/presented widely on the “Global” 1960s. Todd has committed himself to pursuing community-based research and seeking inclusive solutions that advance marginalized voices throughout his career. He holds a Master’s Degree in History from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor’s Degree in History from SUNY Geneseo. Todd lives in the city of Syracuse with his wife Theresa -a fourth-grade teacher- and their 2-year-old son Oscar.