Practitioners - Akiima Price Consulting

Our Normal

We meet often overlooked communities where they are, everyday.

Basic Humanity

Everyone deserves to benefit from what parks can offer people and communities. To include economically stressed communities, parks must remove barriers to participation and foster health, belonging, and community.

Community-Led Decision Making

Empowering communities to decide what happens in their parks ensures park initiatives reflect individuals' needs, gifts and interests. When people and communities are actively involved, parks reflect the people they serve.

Connection First

People need meaningful relationships with nature before being inspired to contribute. A sustained connection to natural spaces propels community members to invest their time, talents, and money in their parks.

Love and Reciprocity

Parks are places to practice reciprocal love in economically stressed communities. When people experience a park's gifts and have the opportunity to give back, park love expands. Reciprocal love ripples outward, impacting how people feel about themselves, their communities, and their world.

Trauma-Informed Engagement

Incorporating trauma-informed engagement and programming ensures that parks are safe, supportive spaces for individuals who live in stressed communities. Understanding and responding to the effects of trauma promotes healing, resilience, and a sense of safety and belonging.

Continuous Learning and Adaptation

Restorative engagement requires continuous learning and adaptation. Parks must be dynamic spaces that evolve with nature and the community's changing needs and feedback. Regular feedback and flexibility in programming and design ensure that parks remain relevant, resilient, and beneficial.

Trusted Partnerships

Authentic relationships are essential to restorative park engagement. Respecting various perspectives, lifestyles, abilities, and roles leads to richer bonds that inspire individuals to show up, shift, contribute, and collaborate.

Partners in Restorative Park Engagement.

“The person who loves their dreams of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create a community''

—Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Practitioners

Akiima Price,
Practice Lead

akiima@apriceconsulting.com

Prince Hamm,
Making A Difference (MAD)

info@mad-dmv.org

LaShawn Johns,
Creating Safe Spaces

Email

Xavier Brown,
UDC Anacostia Urban Waters Ambassador and Community to Career Academy Director

xavier.brown@udc.edu

Washington DC Network

Lydia Vanderbilt
Friends of Anacostia Park

Brenda Richardson
APACC

Phil Panell
Anacostia Coordinating Council

Anacostia Watershed Society
AWS

Jocelyn Coleman / Tori Hawkins
Anacostia High School

Karol Gilmore, MSW
Jobs Have Priority

Prince Hamm
Making A Difference (MAD)

Tiffani Evans
Strong Azz Mothers + I am PJ Foundation

Charnal Chaney
Bold Yoga

Mellie Harris
BzyBplr Wellness

Jarnease Harris
National ReEntry Network for Returning Citizens

Tiera Braton
Opportunities for Deserving Children

Ricardo Miles
Driven Concepts & Solutions, LLC

Yusha Asaad
With Great Care LLC

Imani Shanklin Roberts
Art Therapist

Sweets LaBamaba
Seasoned Settlers

Sharon Daugherty, M.S
Victim Services Branch Metropolitan Police Department

Earth Conservation Corps

Sharretta Benjamin
Resident / Homeowner / Park User

Kandis Catalan
Building Blocks, DC

Glen O'Gilvie
Center for Non Profit Advancement

Wendell Wren
Never Black Down

Ratima A. Williams
Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency

Jaqueleline Ellison
DC DPR

Marco Brown
Community Leader

Moe
Community Leader

Quentin Miller
Young Knowledgeable Men, Inc