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March 2020
POSTPONED: Views from the Streets: The Transformation of Gangs and Violence on Chicago’s South Side
This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced at a later time. Join us as Roberto R. Aspholm discusses his new book, Views from the Streets: The Transformation of Gangs and Violence on Chicago’s South Side. Chicago has long served as a symbol of urban pathology in the public imagination. The city’s staggering levels of violence and entrenched gang culture occupy a central place in the national discourse, yet remain poorly understood and are often stereotyped. Views…
Find out more »POSTPONED: Fair Fares Chicagoland: Advocating for Equitable Transit
This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced at a later time. Join Lynda Lopez, advocacy manager at the Active Transportation Alliance, alongside Andrea Reed and Linda Thisted, co-chairs of the Coalition for a Modern Metra Electric for a discussion on Fair Fares. Last November, Active Trans released the Fair Fares report, offering recommendations for fare equity in the region. Some of the recommendations include fare-capping, discounted fares for low-income residents, and testing the South Cook Fair…
Find out more »April 2020
CANCELLED: UTC Event: Transportation Planning to Improve Access to Healthcare
April 16, 2020 — Noon to 1:00 pm UTC Spring Seminar Series Speaker: Erin Aleman, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Topic: Transportation Planning to Improve Access to Healthcare Venue: Great Cities Institute Conference Room, Suite 400, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago
Find out more »POSTPONED: Building Bridges: Community and University Partnerships in East St. Louis
Join us as Professor Kenneth Reardon discusses his new book, Building Bridges, which tells the 10-year saga of how an inspired group of women activists from East St. Louis established a long-term partnership with students and faculty from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to revitalize their community. It is an uplifting story of a small group of women, inspired by the Civil Rights work of Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Katherine Dunham, who organized a highly effective…
Find out more »May 2020
ONLINE WEBINAR: Climate Justice meets Global Health in the time of COVID-19
This event is moving online to a Zoom webinar. To receive the link to participate, please RSVP below. Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, is director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor and the John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment with appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences. For 15 years, Patz served as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel…
Find out more »February 2021
Essential Work, Excessive Risk: Warehouse Work in Chicago and Southern California
For warehouse workers during the pandemic, being deemed “essential” meant their work was suddenly visible to the public and recognized for its importance. But pulling back the veil on warehouse shop floors has also highlighted what workers and advocates have been saying for years: warehouse work is hard on workers’ bodies, health and safety risks are widespread, and new technologies are exacerbating substandard working conditions. As one of the few bright spots in the economy, warehouse employment has grown during…
Find out more »Chicago Data Training: Using Microdata from the American Community Survey
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Find out more »National Parks in Your Neighborhood
The National Park Service protects and manages some of our nation’s most historic sites, important natural resources, and scenic recreation areas. But did you know the mission of the National Park Service extends far beyond the boundaries of national park sites? The Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program is a community partnerships office that provides technical assistance to local partners that are planning outdoor recreation and natural resource conservation projects in neighborhoods just like yours. On February 16th, join…
Find out more »Political Science Speaker Series: Multilevel Democracy
Jefferey Sellers of the University of Southern California will launch the Political Science Department's Spring Speaker Series speaking on "Multilevel Democracy" Wednesday, February 17th, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm by Zoom at this link https://bit.ly/3f6foVW. The talk draws on his recently published, Multilevel Democracy: How Local Institutions and Civil Society Shape the Modern State.
Find out more »March 2021
Black Mayors & Leadership in the United States – Lori Lightfoot
The Honorable Lori E. Lightfoot, Mayor of Chicago Criminal Justice Reform Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 12-1:30 Pacific Time (2-3:30 Central Time) “We can and will make a place where your ZIP code doesn't determine your destiny.” Zoom Webinar | Register here (free) for March 4 event. Introduction by: Teresa Córdova, Director, Great Cities Institute, and Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago Panel discussion moderated by Cheryl Corley, NPR national correspondent Panelists Nikki Jones, Professor, African American Studies, UC Berkeley Cid Martinez, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of San Diego…
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