47 min

Episode 7 ft. Deanna Van Buren YBCA 10 Podcast

    • Arts

“I think there’s been great impact in at least having people think that we can be, as architects, we can be folks who address social change rather than propping up systems of oppressions, which is what we’ve been doing since the dawn of time, even to change systems like mass incarceration.” - Deanna Van Buren

As one of only 500 licensed Black female architects in the United States, Deanna Van Buren is committed to racial equity in the built environment. In this episode, Deanna shares with us the intentions behind her creative practice in applying architecture and public interest design movements to restorative justice work. Also, Deanna offers her experiences thus far within the YBCA 10 and her ongoing advocacy for community equity investment models and ownership to be of service to the Black and Brown communities that have been most impacted by structural inequities and mass incarceration.

Learn more about Deanna by visiting:


Deanna’s YBCA 10 Profile Page
​Designing Justice + Designing Spaces​ (DJDS)
Deanna’s Ted Talk “What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like”

Connect with YBCA:


Official Website
YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

“I think there’s been great impact in at least having people think that we can be, as architects, we can be folks who address social change rather than propping up systems of oppressions, which is what we’ve been doing since the dawn of time, even to change systems like mass incarceration.” - Deanna Van Buren

As one of only 500 licensed Black female architects in the United States, Deanna Van Buren is committed to racial equity in the built environment. In this episode, Deanna shares with us the intentions behind her creative practice in applying architecture and public interest design movements to restorative justice work. Also, Deanna offers her experiences thus far within the YBCA 10 and her ongoing advocacy for community equity investment models and ownership to be of service to the Black and Brown communities that have been most impacted by structural inequities and mass incarceration.

Learn more about Deanna by visiting:


Deanna’s YBCA 10 Profile Page
​Designing Justice + Designing Spaces​ (DJDS)
Deanna’s Ted Talk “What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like”

Connect with YBCA:


Official Website
YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

47 min

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