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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…
Find out more »Black Mayors & Leadership in the United States – Ras J. Baraka
The Honorable Ras J. Baraka, Mayor of Newark The Wealth Gap Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | 12-1:30 Pacific Time (3-4:30 Eastern Time) “The only thing that affects race relations is fair treatment" Zoom Webinar | Register here (free) for March 10 event. Introduction by: Stephen Small, Director, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, and Professor, Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley Panel discussion moderated by Tracy Jan, Reporter, The Washington Post Panelists: Elsie Harper-Anderson, Associate Professor, Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth…
Find out more »Black Mayors & Leadership in the United States – Sylvester Turner
The Honorable Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston Diversity & Inclusion Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | 12-1:30 Pacific Time (2-3:30 Central Time) “To be an African-American mayor leading a city in the 21st century is not about 'power' but about 'possibilities.'” Zoom Webinar | Register here (free) for March 16 event Introduction by: Ula Y. Taylor, Professor & H. Michael and Jeanne Williams Department Chair, Department of African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley Panel discussion moderated by Natasha Korecki, Politico National Correspondent Panelists: Pedro Noguera, Emery Stoops…
Find out more »April 2021
Militarizing Rivers
The UIC Freshwater Lab presents: “Militarizing Rivers,” a digital panel on Thursday, April 6pm CST. As part of #TheBackwardRiver project, team members Kathleen Blackburn and Citlalli Trujillo talk water, oil and how water bodies have been straightened and subdued by armed forces with eco-feminist Banu Subramaniam; river policy expert Jeremy Cherson; and historian Robin McDowell. Why do we call a river, a waterbody known for turns and bends, a pipeline? We think of rivers coursing in a natural path, but pipelines direct…
Find out more »June 2021
Urban Controversies – Students from Paris and Chicago discuss the future of our cities
Initiated by the City of Paris within the framework of the citizen consultation organized for its new local urbanism plan, French and American students in urban planning, architecture and political science are following the call for "urban controversies" to brainstorm together on the Paris of tomorrow. They will present their work to a panel of experts on June 15, 2021 between 11.00 am and 12.30 am (CST). What definition should be given to density? Is it necessarily to be avoided, or on the contrary…
Find out more »October 2021
Climates of Inequality Discussion with José Bravo of Just Transition Alliance
Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center and co-sponsors for a series of online conversations this fall with environmental and climate justice advocates from across the country and abroad. On October 13, Just Transition Alliance Executive Director José Bravo will talk about the principles of Just Transition and how climate justice and chemicals policy relate to communities fighting for environmental and labor justice.
Find out more »Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of The First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit with Women Co-Founders of the Environmental Justice Movement: A Call to Action
Join us for a Commemoration of 30 years since the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held in Washington, D.C. October 24-27, 1991, highlighting and honoring the work of the women co-founders of the Environmental Justice Movement who were among the attendees at the Summit. We will also honor influential women who have passed.
Find out more »November 2021
Les Lumières : Coldefy
A Chicago Architecture Biennial Partner Program Register Here Beyond questions of expression, we ask ourselves: how does this place make us feel? What do we see and hear, how does it dialogue with our memories? For Coldefy, Architecture shapes our life and should be created for all of our senses. Based in France and working with an international team, Coldefy "creates balanced environmental, urban and social compositions that push the boundaries of cities and life," weaving landscape and personal narratives in…
Find out more »December 2021
Unwinding Privatization: (Re)municipalism and the Public Interest – Interdisciplinary Online Conference
The purpose of the conference is to examine responses to failures of privatization in cities, especially in the United States and Europe, and what to make of those responses. Since the 1970s municipalities have sold public assets such as water, electricity, gas, waste systems, and transport, to private companies or else transferred the management or delivery of city services to private actors. The results have been at best mixed. Of late, municipalities have been cancelling contracts, letting them expire or repurchasing the…
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