Willamette Hall 100, 6:00-7:30
2023 Design Futures Keynote Lecture: Indigenized Planning Solutions: From Landscape Design to Equitable Urban Housing Policy
Genevieve Middleton, is an Indigenous relative, urban planner, local government housing policy manager, landscape designer, and activist. They are the principal of Indigenized Planning Solutions, offering equity trainings, audits and community engagement using an Indigenous lens. Genevieve is a double Duck, with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Master of Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon. Between degrees, they lived in Mendocino County California, learning Traditional Ecological Knowledge and working as a nutrition educator.
Working with Native populations through their career as an educator on the Round Valley Indian Reservation, Genevieve cultivated a passion to improve the paradigm of Native American health, wealth and housing disparities as a direct result of harmful federal, state, and local government policies. With lived experience, she began her lifelong research on housing policy and intergovernmental tribal relations. Genevieve hopes to inspire a changed narrative for the future by promoting equitable policy and urban design that empower Indigenous knowledge and voices. Genevieve also works as the Affordable Housing Policy & Planning Manager in Community Development for the City of Eugene, utilizing a racial equity and access lens throughout their work.
As citizens of the Navajo Nation, Genevieve and three generations of their family recognize that they are Indigenous guests on Kalapuya Ilihi. They extend their respect and gratitude to the past, present, and future stewards of this place.