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CAN TV Cablecast: City on the Make: Race and Inequality in Chicago
November 30, 2014 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm CST
View on cable channel CAN TV21 in Chicago.
Andrew J. Diamond is Professor of American history and civilization at Paris-Sorbonne University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on race and politics in the metropolitan United States, including Mean Streets; Chicago Youths and the Everyday Struggle for Empowerment in the Multiracial City, 1908-1969 and the forthcoming City on the Make: Race and Inequality in Chicago. He has appeared frequently in the mainstream French media as an expert on American affairs.
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is currently a Cook County Commissioner, he has long been involved in the politics of Chicago starting as an alderman under Mayor Harold Washington, and then serving for several years as an Illinois State Senator after which he became Executive Director at ENLACE, one of the city’s leading community development agencies. Commissioner Garcia received his Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy from UIC. He recently announced his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Chicago.
Don Rose is a political consultant heading Don Rose Communications and The Urban Political Group, and writes a weekly online column for the Chicago Daily Observer (CDOBS.com). The column won the Chicago Journalists Association award for commentary in 2010. Based in Chicago, his consulting firms have operated in 13 states. Clientele has included Supreme Court justices, U.S. senators, governors, mayors and state and municipal legislators.
Pauline Lipman is Professor of Education Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her newest book is entitled, The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism, Race and the Right to the City. Her teaching, research, and activism grow out of her commitment to social justice and liberation. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on race and class inequality in education, globalization, and political economy of urban education, particularly the inter-relationship of education policy, urban restructuring, and the politics of race.
Victor B. Dickson is the new Executive Director of Safer Foundation, which is an organization that works on issues of re-entry and helping people with criminal records to find employment. Mr. Dickson has over 20 years’ experience in leadership roles in both corporate and not-for-profit arenas. His corporate experience includes more than 20 years in telecommunications with AT&T and Sprint. In addition, Victor served as Chief Operating Officer for a non-denominational mega church, where he directed a variety of entities providing social services, education and relief efforts locally and abroad.
Teresa Córdova is Director of UIC’s Great Cities Institute and is Professor of Urban Planning and Policy in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA). Dr. Córdova is a former elected and appointed member and/or chair of numerous national and local boards, commissions and steering committees of county government, community development corporations, grassroots organizations, editorial boards, research centers, planning organizations, policy groups, and campus committees. She publishes in the area of Latino Studies and Community Development.
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