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October 2018
RTCA: Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance
As part of the Real Time Chicago speaker series, National Park Service Community Planner Michael Mencarini will discuss the mission and work of the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program. His presentation will detail how the National Park Service plays an important role in rural and urban communities across the country, and how current projects have utilized urban planning processes and techniques to promote outdoor recreation and natural resource conservation. Michael Mencarini joined the National Park Service in April, 2016 as…
Find out more »November 2018
Natives in Chicago
These lands, currently named Chicago, have always been home to Indigenous Peoples. Native people continue to live, work, and raise families here despite many challenges. Local leaders continue to work to provide services and programs that contribute to cultural and communal thriving. Join us and hear first voice narratives on growing up, working, and living in Chicago. We will explore how national, local, and tribal policies impact urban Native people and the ways in which institutions can positively engage and contribute…
Find out more »UTC Event: A Rapid Pace for Chicago’s Suburbs
DATE – Thursday November 15, 2018 TIME – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. SUBJECT – “A Rapid Pace for Chicago’s Suburbs.” SPEAKER -- Charlotte Obodzinski, Pace Supervisor of the Rapid Transit Program VENUE – Great Cities Institute Conference Room, Suite 400, CUPPA Hall, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago DETAILS -- Proposed Pace Pulse Express Bus Service Along I-90 Corridor Topic at UTC Fall Seminar Series Presentation November 15 In 2019, Pace plans to debut Pulse, a new bus rapid transit network that’s…
Find out more »February 2019
Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City
Essayist and biographer Adina Hoffman writes often of the Middle East, approaching it from unusual angles and shedding light on overlooked dimensions of the place, its people, and their cultures. Her books include House of Windows: Portraits from a Jerusalem Neighborhood, My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century, and Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City, which the Los Angeles Times called “brave and often beautiful” and Haaretz described as…
Find out more »The World is Watching Book Signing
Being Black in America is a journey and a quest for self-affirmation and alliance and place. Black Americans have refused to be acquiescent, and our cry, in the words of Maya Angelou, “And Still We Rise”, has left an indelible imprint at home and abroad. In The World is Watching, notable world figures talk about their personal experiences with African Americans and the impacts these experiences have had on them. Join us for this book signing and discussion which will…
Find out more »UTC Event: ON TO 2050: Exploring the Plan’s Digital Implementation Tools
Digital tools developed from the ON TO 2050 regional plan for northeastern Illinois will be the focus of the debut UTC 2019 Seminar Series presentation Thursday February 21. Tina Fassett Smith, Communications Principal at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, will lead participants on an exploration of the ON TO 2050 website with a focus on tools meant to guide implementation of the plan’s recommendations. The presentation will begin at noon and will be held in the Great Cities Institute Conference Room at CUPPA Hall.…
Find out more »March 2019
Disassembled Cities: Social and Spatial Strategies to Reassemble Communities
Join Great Cities Institute for a discussion with the editor, Elizabeth L. Sweet, and several chapter authors of the recently released book Disassembled Cities: Social and Spatial Strategies to Reassemble Communities. Authors in attendance will include Iván Arenas, Associate Director, UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy; Tarini Bedi, Associate Professor, Anthropology; John J. Betancur, Professor, UIC Urban Planning and Policy; Andy Clarno, Associate Professor, Sociology & African American Studies; Teresa Córdova, Director and Professor, UIC Great Cities…
Find out more »UTC Event: Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency: Keeping the Nation’s Economy Moving
The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE), is the first of its kind consortium. The partnership between the U.S. DOT, State of Illinois, Cook County, City of Chicago, Metra, Amtrak, and the nation's freight railroads are guiding the investment of billions of dollars into improving freight and passenger rail infrastructure. On March 21, Samuel Tuck III, the Bureau Chief of Freight Rail Management at the Illinois Department of Transportation, will lead a presentation, “Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency: Keeping the…
Find out more »April 2019
Living and Dying on the Factory Floor – Book Discussion and Signing
David Ranney’s vivid memoir describes his work experiences between 1976 and 1982 in the factories of southeast Chicago and northwest Indiana. The book opens with a detailed description of what it was like to live and work in one of the heaviest industrial concentrations in the world. The author takes the reader on a walk through the heart of the South Side of Chicago, observing the noise, heavy traffic, the 24-hour restaurants and bars, the rich diversity of people on…
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