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Katie Estes

Katie Estes

Graphic Designer

 

Katie Estes is a designer with over a decade of experience, specializing in visual communications across industries. Happiest when she can align personal values with mission driven work, she is passionate about conservation and sustainable development. Katie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in Communication Design and a Master’s of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in Entrepreneurial Design. After eleven years in New York City, she moved out west, and has lived all over the U.S., including Hawaii. Travel is inspiration, and she loves to learn about new places, people, and cultures.

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15 minute cities

15-Minute Cities Will Solve Inequality

Old Enough! Is a Japanese TV series that follows young children running their first errand alone. In the first episode of season two, we saw 5-year-old Ken travel to his neighborhood grocery store in Western Tokyo. His mission, handed down from his mother, was to

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Urban Action Lab

The Urban Action Lab and Charter Cities Institute to Collaborate on Enriching the Programming of the Africa Urban Lab at the new Zanzibar Campus of the African School of Economics

New Research Hub To Focus on Educating the African City Builders, Urban Planners, and Municipal Leaders of Tomorrow Using Innovative Approaches to Urban Development. March, 2024 The Charter Cities Institute (CCI), in collaboration with the Urban Action Lab (UAL) has announced a significant partnership to

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Student Diaries: Subilo Banda on Charter Cities

Our new blog series called Student Diaries Perspectives on Urbanization 038 Development aims to amplify student voices on urbanization and development issues in Africa Our first blog is by Subilo Banda a student at the University of Zambia discussing an alternative avenue to fostering economic

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

March Book Club Review

Each month the CCI team selects a new book to read and discuss together Our book club selections cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to charter cities but they are most often related to development urban issues and governance In this ongoing

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