Making the West Side – Public Forum and Reception

Thursday, May 19, 2016 9:30a-6:00p Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S Halsted St., Chicago Please join Jane Addams Hull-House Museum for a day of conversations exploring the history of Chicago’s West Side and it impact on present day neighborhoods. Making the West Side: Community Conversations on Neighborhood Change is a year-long project funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities that will bring together scholars, activists, neighborhood residents, and other stakeholders to investigate the history of neighborhood change on Chicago’s West Side and connect those histories to contemporary issues and concerns. The project kicks-off with a public forum on May 19 and continues through the summer with community conversations across Chicago’s West Side. 9:30a-10a Arrival, Coffee & Refreshments 10a-10:20a Welcome Jennifer Scott, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 10:20p-12:00p Conversation 1: Making Neighborhoods Visible: Racism, Disinvestment, and Redevelopment  Moderator: Richard Steele, Vocalo/WBEZ Beryl Satter, Rutgers University Rufus Williams, BBF Family Services Amara Enyia, Public Policy Consultant 1:00p-2:30p Conversation 2: Making the Near West Side: Survey, Displacement, and Community Transformation Moderator: Teresa Cordova, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois Chicago Rima Lunin Schultz, Independent Scholar Cynthia Blair, University of Illinois Chicago Lilia Fernandez, Ohio State University Richard Anderson, Princeton University 2:45p-4:15p Conversation 3: Making Resilient Neighborhoods: Organizing, Belonging and Re-making Moderator: Jennifer Scott, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Rosa Cabrera, University of Illinois Chicago Dave Stovall, University of Illinois Chicago Kathy Catrambone, Independent Journalist 4:15p-4:45p Wrap Up: Alice O’Connor, University of California Santa Barbara and Jennifer Scott, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 5:00p-6:00p Reception

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