At the NFD MLK Freedom Now Mural Paint Day, Dr. Matthew Kenyatta secured support through the Netter Center for Community Partnerships and actively contributed by painting a panel of the newly replaced mural at 40th and Lancaster. The event, hosted at 3952 Lancaster Ave, featured a community cleanup, mural painting, and a lively happy hour celebration. Organized by Nova Commons and supported by partners like Mural Arts Philadelphia, Penn Community Bank, and Mosaic Commercial, the dedication celebrated both the mural and the community’s collective spirit.

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation awarded me two grants - the 2024 Community Partnerships Award and the 2024 Independent Creative Production Grant.

For the second year in a row, the City and Regional Planning Department invited me to create an orientation session for all incoming graduate students to learn about design justice.

This was both the last time the Promise Zone would meet and the first time all three original collaborators - myself (University of Penn), Dante Leonard (commercial corridor), Naim Mitchell (Mosaic Development Partners), and Mr. Abdul-Rahim Muhammad (New Africa Center) - presented our work together.

A design charrette and planning discussion featuring food and prototypes, organized by PennPraxis and Dr. Matt. While students came with six or seven different prototypes, this was the first time they would meet the community members I invited and solicit written feedback. They also would give suggestions on alternative locations to do streetscape interventions. This meeting is how the Lex Street block was lifted up as a prime opportunity for making a "gateway" design intervention.

In recognition of public grants from the City of Philadelphia's Department of Commerce and State Senator Vincent Hughes, I was invited as the University of Pennsylvania partner to actively participate in the $2.5 million check presentation to the New Africa Center. This funding supports the effort to rebrand West Philadelphia as the New Freedom District, with the center serving as the hub of this transformative initiative.

This session for the Landscape Architecture Department was the first time Experiential Reality (VR/XR) technology had been used for a required course in any department.

This session for the Department of Historic Preservation was the first time Experiential Reality (VR/XR) technology had been used for an orientation in any department and it occurred during their Summer Institute.

On behalf of the Urban Institute and the Sheffield Institute for International Development-Cities, I was invited to participate in a consultative forum on Black Urbanism to be held on March 24th 2021 at 16:00 GMT. the Sheffield research centers that are initiating this--Urban Institute, and the Sheffield Institute for International Development. But the aim is for Victoria to convene, Dr. Patricia Noxolo, Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, and Dr. Paul Goodwin to steer the discussion. The initiative seeks to further the discussion for urban studies in general, and to continue to work against the lack of inclusion at the UK's top urban research institutions.