2023 Freetown DAT Report - Flipbook - Page 55
Freetown DAT
consultative services to hundreds of communities,
leading participatory processes on the ground in over
100 communities across 38 states. He has led public
processes, training programs and workshops in over a
dozen countries across 5 continents. His work has been
featured in over 1,000 media stories and several books.
Joel has served on dozens of expert working groups,
boards, juries, and panels focused on civic discourse and
participation, sustainability, and democracy. He was a
founding Board Member of the International Association
for Public Participation’s United States Chapter. He
has spoken at numerous international conferences
concerning democratic urbanism and the role of
democracy in urban success, including serving as the
Co-Convener of the Remaking Cities Congress in 2013.
Joel is an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism in
London and serves as a Senior Editorial Associate for
Civic Green. He is the author of numerous articles on
the relationship between democracy, civic capacity and
community.
52
