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June 2015
Sneak Preview: Democratizing Tax Increment Financing Funds
Monday, June 29, 2015 from 10am-12pm Light refreshments will be served. Hosted by: Robert R. McCormick Foundation 205 N Michigan Ave #4300 Lake View Room In 2014 Chicago was the site of the country’s first participatory budgeting (PB) process to allocate tax increment financing (TIF) funds. The community organization Blocks Together worked with residents and businesses in the neighborhood of West Humboldt Park to engage residents in a pilot PB process to directly decide how to spend $2 million in…
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November 2015
City/Cité: A Transatlantic Exchange
For a complete agenda and to RSVP go to www.citycite2015.eventbrite.com Admission is free and open to the public.
Find out more »City/Cité: A Transatlantic Exchange
For a complete agenda and to RSVP go to www.citycite2015.eventbrite.com Admission is free and open to the public.
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Honoring Joan Moore Through Her Students
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Out and About with GCI – Old Town: The Artists’ Impact
In the first half of the 20th century, Old Town’s formerly glamorous mansions and large homes attracted artists who shaped the community into what it is today. Join GCI to learn about artists’ colonies and their impact on community planning. The tour will be lead by the Edgar Miller Legacy organization, and will focus on artist placemaking, creating artist communities, and how these communities impact the greater neighborhood. The tour also includes a rare look at one of Edgar Miller’s masterpieces, the Glasner…
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May 2016
A conversation with French-African film curator Claire Diao and director Alice Diop from the associations Quartiers Lointains and Siniman Films
French-Burkinabe film journalist and curator, specialized in African and French-african cinemas, Claire Diao is correspondent for Screen Africa (South Africa) and writes for SoFilm, Le Monde Afrique, Bondy Blog and Courrier International (blog L’Afrique en films). In 2015, she launched AWOTELE, a Panafrican online film critic magazine. She also regularly curates films series and moderates cinema panels worldwide and is in the process of setting up a professional online platform to connect filmmakers and film festivals from Africa and the…
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