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2025 POTS’ Impact Forum

This event is part of POTS’ Impact Forum series, which provides a platform for thought leaders across sectors to engage in meaningful dialogue on complex social challenges and innovative action to address them. 

This year’s panel, hosted in partnership with NYU Wagner, will feature voices from the NYC government, nonprofit, and academic sectors to explore how innovative methodologies and community-driven models can disrupt cycles of poverty and foster long-term social justice.

Speakers:

  • Judy Pryor-Ramirez, NYU Wagner, Moderator / Academia, Community-based participatory action research
  • Elizabeth Hamby, NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), Panelist / NYC government, Civic Engagement
  • Sergio Marrero, Blue Ridge Labs, Panelist / NYC nonprofit, Scaling AI and Tech innovations to address pressing social issues and to support economic mobility.
  • Christina Hanson, Part of the Solution (POTS), Panelist / Bronx nonprofit, Community-based innovative methodologies to break the cycle of poverty.