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February 2022
City/Cité Conference: Designing a Gender-Equal City
In recent years, more European cities have begun to tackle the challenge of advancing gender equality by designing public spaces with gender in mind. But what does a gender-equal city look like, and how does gender-equal urban planning work in practice? Panelists: Eva Kail, Urban Planner, City of Vienna Sara Ortiz Escalante, Urban Planner, Col·lectiu Punt 6 Stéphanie Dadour, Associate Professor, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture of Paris-Malaquais, Laboratoire ACS UMR AUSser Moderator: Faranak Miraftab, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and…
Find out more »Housing, Nature, City: Exploring the garden metropolis
A discussion around four cities : Bordeaux, Phoenix, Brussels and Chicago. Two american cities, two european cities. Four completly different environments but with common concerns. In a world where we seek to differentiate ourselves, we want to speak about what brings us together, looking elsewhere and learning from each other without denying the inevitable specificities of our cities and natural environments. Featuring: Susann Eliasson & Anthony Jammes architects, founder of GRAU Residents of the Villa Albertine In dialogue with Monica…
Find out more »March 2022
A Neighbor Among Neighbors: A Conversation with Maureen Hellwig
Download event flyer here. Born in Chicago’s 33rd year as a city, Erie Neighborhood House has witnessed its hometown prosper through the contributions of five generations of immigrants who came here seeking a better life. Few institutions have had such a view from the same address for 150 years. But it was not just a passive witness. When neighbors were tired and hungry, Erie House fed them, but not just with food— with knowledge. Through education Erie House empowered their…
Find out more »Gangs On Trial: A Conversation with John Hagedorn
Download event flyer here John Hagedorn, who has long been an expert witness in gang-related court cases, claims that what transpires in the trials of gang members is a far cry from what we would consider justice. In Gangs on Trial, he recounts his decades of experience to show how stereotypes are used against gang members and replace evidence in gang-related trials. Gangs on Trial dispels myths about gangs and recommends tactics for lawyers, mitigation specialists, and expert witnesses as…
Find out more »April 2022
Democracy’s Rebirth: The View from Chicago
Dick Simpson, a long-time political activist and former Chicago alderman, uses the Windy City to examine how the political, racial, economic and social inequalities dividing us play out in our neighborhoods and cities.
Find out more »IMPACT 2022
This panel will explore the the impact of gentrification and displacement with the potential benefits for existing community residents.
Find out more »Public Space, Rivers, and Climate Change
Conversation on public space and climate change at Studio Gang with urban planner and architect Jennifer Buyck, resident of Villa Albertine Chicago.
Find out more »September 2022
Climates of Inequity
Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of online conversations with environmental and climate justice leaders from across the country this fall. Their work reveals frameworks and strategies to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change and environmental pollution on communities of color, indigenous, and low-income earners. Students in the Environmental & Climate Justice course* will facilitate the conversations. RSVP: go.uic.edu/COI22 ClimatesOfInequlity_Fall2022
Find out more »Organizing Knowledge to Challenge Inequality
Join us for a talk by Professor Ananya Roy! Professor Ananya Roy is a scholar of global racial capitalism and postcolonial development whose research is concerned with the political economy and politics of dispossession and displacement. At the very heart of her work is an insistence on the transformation of the public university – through teaching, public scholarship, and community engagement – so that it can be a force for social justice. She is the author of numerous books, including:…
Find out more »October 2022
City/Cité Chicago x Paris Symposium
Designed in 2015 and first implemented in Chicago and San Francisco, CITY CITÉ is a transatlantic cooperation and exchange program on urban issues and city making, initiated by Villa Albertine. The 3rd Chicago edition entitled " Re/Inventing City Planning to Address Contemporary Issues " will be a two days of professional conference and visits on the renewal of the urban fabric and territorial planning in both cities. Thursday, October 13 – 8.30 am - 5 pm @ Studio Gang –…
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