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February 2018
Parks, Plans, and Prejudice: The Environmental Politics of Outdoor Recreation
Beginning with a discussion of the origins and importance of the 1909 Plan of Chicago in terms of open space, Professor Platt will focus on the politics of environmental injustice in the spatial distribution of city parks (and park facilities, maintenance, staffing, etc) on the basis of race, ethnicity and class. This talk will cover the period from the World's Fair of 1893 and the simultaneous Great Migration to Mayor Richard M. Daley's Millennium Park. This approach will allow Professor Platt…
Find out more »UTC Event – The Life of a Capital Public Transit Project from the RTA’s Perspective
February 15, 2018 — 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. UTC Spring Seminar Series Speakers: David Spacek and Tara O’Malley, Regional Transportation Authority Topic: The Life of a Capital Public Transit Project from the RTA’s Perspective Venue: Great Cities Institute Conference Room, Suite 400, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago
Find out more »The Reversal of the Chicago River: Bridging environmentalism and urban development
The second lecture in the Spring 2018 Real Time Chicago lecture series is ‘The Reversal of the Chicago River: bridging environmentalism and urban development’. The reversal of the Chicago River was as much of an engineering marvel as it was an early victory for environmentalists and public health advocates in the late 19th century. Richard Lanyon, the former Executive Director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, will take us through the history of the reversal of the…
Find out more »Reflections on the Kerner Report: Race and Inequality in the 1960s
In the aftermath of the 1967 urban ‘riots’, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission after its chair, Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. of Illinois. The 11-member commission examined the conditions of the cities that led to the turmoil and made recommendations addressing the underlying causes. The Commission’s report, released on February 29, 1968, marks a pivotal moment in the changing dynamics of U.S. cities and of critical analysis of the…
Find out more »Documentary viewing – Revolution ’67
"Revolution '67 is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history — the black urban rebellions of the 1960s. Focusing on the six-day Newark, N.J., outbreak in mid-July, Revolution '67 reveals how the disturbances began as spontaneous revolts against poverty and police brutality and ended as fateful milestones in America's struggles over race and economic justice. Voices from across the spectrum — activists Tom Hayden and Amiri Baraka, journalist Bob Herbert, Mayor Sharpe James, and other officials, National…
Find out more »Documentary viewing – Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson
"This production tells the story of Judge Thelton Henderson's career, from serving as the first African American lawyer in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice, observing civil rights activities, to his role as Senior Judge of the federal District Court of Northern California. He served as a lawyer for one of the first U.S. legal aid offices in East Palo Alto, using Stanford law students. As a recruiter for the Stanford Law School, he succeeded in…
Find out more »March 2018
The Kerner Report: 50 Years Later
Please join us on March 1, 2018 to commemorate the release of the 1968 Kerner Commission Report with the last remaining original member of the Commission, Dr. Fred Harris.
Find out more »UTC Event – The MPC’s Cost of Segregation Study: Transportation Equity Strategies Under Development
March 1, 2018 — 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. UTC Spring Seminar Series Speaker: Audrey Wennink, Metropolitan Planning Council Topic: The MPC’s Cost of Segregation Study: Transportation Equity Strategies Under Development Venue: Great Cities Institute Conference Room, Suite 400, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago
Find out more »Tales of a Human Rights Activist
Part of a full week of activities on the 50th anniversary of the release of the Kerner Report from February 26 through March 2, see the full list here. Eugene “Gus” Newport is a civil rights activist and the former mayor of Berkeley, California. Mr. Newport began his political career in his hometown of Rochester, New York in the 1960’s as chairman of the Monroe County Non-Partisan Political League, which focused on issues surrounding police brutality, workplace discrimination, and voter registration.…
Find out more »UTC Event – The Screening and Selection of Regionally Significant Projects
March 15, 2018 — 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. UTC Spring Seminar Series Speakers: Martin Menninger and Claire Bozic, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Topic: The Screening and Selection of Regionally Significant Projects Venue: Great Cities Institute Conference Room, Suite 400, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago
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