Credit: Ryan Lash Liz frequently lectures and runs workshops in the U.S. and abroad on topics such as racial and spatial justice, equitable development, sustainability, empathy and human-centered design, placekeeping and placemaking, and power and privilege.
Select past venues have included the TED Women, Social Entrepreneurship World Forum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Black in Design, and the Aspen Ideas Festival. She has also been featured on radio broadcasts and podcasts including NPR’s Ted Radio Hour, KQED Forum, and Women in Sustainability. She also frequently speaks at several colleges and universities. Previous engagements have included Columbia University, California College of the Arts, UC Berkeley, Maryland Institute College of Arts, Harvard University, and the University of Michigan.
For speaking inquiries, please contact the Vanessa at the FRESH Speakers Bureau at vanessa@freshspeakers.com.
Upcoming Events, Lectures and Workshops
California College of the Arts (CCA)
San Francisco, CA | February 2, 2023
University of Virginia – School of Architecture: Climate Transformations
Charlottesville, VA | March 27 & 28, 2023
Main Street America
Boston, MA | March 29, 2023
Cowell Foundation: Annual Retreat
Santa Cruz, CA | June 1 & 2, 2023
Select Previous Engagements
Association for Community Design: Intersections of Justice
Online | September 23, 2021
Canada Urban Institute: Art of City Building
Online | September 20, 2021
Online | March 17, 2021
Online | February 11, 2021
Online | November 11, 2020
Online | October 10, 2020
Online | October 7, 2020
Online | October 7, 2020
Center For Urban Pedagogy: What is community-engaged design during – and after – COVID?
Online | July 22, 2020
Harvard: Design for the Just City
Boston, MA | April 11-12, 2019
KQED: City of the Future
San Francisco, CA | February 2, 2019
Aspen Ideas Festival
Aspen, CO | June 21-23, 2018
Brainstorm Design 2018
Singapore | March 5-7, 2018
TEDWomen 2017
New Orleans, LA | November 1-3, 2017
Australian Institute of Architects
Sydney, Australia | August 18, 2016
Black In Design
Cambridge. MA | October 9-10, 2015