Reconnecting NorCal Summit – June 27, 2025
On June 27th, Valley Vision and UC Davis co-hosted a Northern California convening of community advocates engaged in transportation and equity projects at the UC Davis Conference Center. At the Reconnecting NorCal Summit, participants addressed the past and recurring impacts of adverse and inequitable transportation and land use planning, and how those planning practices are continuing to impact disinvested communities and communities of color. At the convening, participants had the opportunity to assist UC Davis and their UC research partners in their work to evaluate specifically how projects and practices are addressing the harms caused by inequitable transportation and land use planning, and informed UC researchers of best practices and policy recommendations for redressing these harms with a restorative Justice lens.
The final presentation slide is included below:
Many thanks to the community advocates who joined us in these discussions! Additionally, thank you to Professor Jesus Barajas PhD of UC Davis for collaborating with us to ensure diverse communities and diverse voices were represented and elevated at the convening!
UC Project Purpose: The Restorative and Racial Justice in Reconnecting Communities project seeks to use a restorative justice lens to evaluate specifically how projects and practices are addressing the harms caused by inequitable land use and transportation planning. The Northern California convening is a part of this project, and brought together community advocates to help meet the project goal.
The UC project and research efforts will wrap-up at the end of this year in December 2025, and a report of research findings will be published and available for public access and review early next year in 2026. *Please check back early next year for a link to the report. Thank you!
