To honor the 100 year anniversary of the 19th Amendment in the month of August, the Civic Design Center will be hosting an Urban Design Forum focusing on women in the design profession. The event will highlight the stories and lives of women designers in architecture, landscape architecture, design education and development. Their voices and skills have impacted cities, communities, people, and so much more.

This format of this event will be an online panel conversation moderated by Tifinie Capehart, Vice President of the Civic Design Center’s Board of Directors, and will host architects and designers; Jhennifer Amundson, Kim Hawkins, and Valarie Franklin.

Speakers:

Tifinie Capehart (Moderator + Civic Design Center Board Vice President) - Realtor®, Land Use Consultant  | Urban Studies Adjunct, TSU

Jhennifer Amundson - Ph.D., Dean, O'More College of Architecture, Art, and Design, Department Chair and Professor, Architecture

Kim Hawkins - ASLA, Founding Principal, Hawkins Partners, Inc. Landscape Architects

Valarie Franklin - AIA, NOMA, NCARB, Senior Associate / Architect + Client Relationship Manager, Moody Nolan