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[UrbanStudiesCircular] The Road From Paris: Environmental Justice on the Move. Friday March 4th, 5:30 - 8pm Pratt Manhattan Campus
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

Next in a series of public discussions on the outcomes of the Paris 2015 Climate Conference and the implications for grassroots organizations and frontline communities Friday, March 4 5:30 - 8 PM Pratt Manhattan Campus 144 West 14th Street New York, NY 10011 Free and open to the public Light refreshments served Sponsored by Pratt Institute Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development Spring 2016 Lecture Series The Road From Paris RSVP: prattpspd(a)gmail.com Environmental Justice on the Move >From the barrios of the global south to the streets of Paris, the climate justice movement's war cry against climate change rings out: "We are the roots that will weather the storm." Climate change will not be addressed without frontline communities leading the charge. Join environmental justice activists in learning about just transitions, NYRenews and how climate justice movement initiatives are redefining power while approaching the biggest challenge in history. Rae Breaux, National People's Action Stephen Edel, The Center for Working Families; NYRenews Ana Orozco, UPROSE Ron Shiffman & Elizabeth Yeampierre, moderators

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] 03/04: All Day All Week: An Occupy Wall Street Story
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

All Day All Week: An Occupy Wall Street Story A film screening directed by: Marisa Holmes Friday, March 04th, 2016 Legal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center 6:00 - 9:00 pm In 2011, there were occupations of squares happening all across the globe. It was a moment of upheaval when anything seemed possible. In this context, on September 17th, 2011, a two-month encampment of Zuccotti Park, renamed Liberty Plaza, began in the financial district of NYC. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was an autonomous zone of activity with general assemblies engaging in directly democratic processes and working groups self-organizing to meet basic needs. It was a liberated space. The non-fiction feature film, All Day All Week: An Occupy Wall Street Story, Directed by Marisa Holmes, tells the story of OWS from the perspective of those who lived it. Filmed by and in conversation with participants, the film offers a glimpse inside the daily life of occupation as well as reflections on the experience. Filmmaker Present for Q&A This event is free and open to the public. The Center for Place, Culture and Politics 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Registration for Public Sector Unions on The Line: Right-Wing Attacks & Labor Movement Responses
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

Public Sector Unions on The Line: Right-Wing Attacks & Labor Movement Responses ??Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 9:00 AM - New York,, NY Registration opens 2/23 at 9am Organizers: Ruth Milkman and Frances Fox Piven This one-day conference focuses on the right-wing attack on public sector labor as well as efforts to counter those attacks. Speakers include academic researchers as well as labor and community leaders. The conference is divided into three sessions. The opening session features perspectives on recent attacks on public sector unionism. Speakers will analyze the history of public sector unionism, the anti-union efforts of right-wing organizations like ALEC, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Friedrichs case, and the ways in which austerity policies are being used to undermine organized labor. The second session will examine recent efforts to fight back against these attacks, including the cases of Wisconsin and Ohio in 2011, the 2012 Chicago teachers' strike, and local struggles in New York. The closing session will feature a series of broader strategic perspectives on how to confront these challenges. ________________________________ 9am Continental breakfast 9:30am Welcome and Introduction: Ruth Milkman 9:45am - 12pm Session 1 - ATTACKS ON PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR Moderator: Josh Freeman Speakers: Joseph Slater, University of Toledo Law School Gordon Lafer, University of Oregon Jennifer Laird, University of Washington Saqib Bhatti, Roosevelt Institute Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect 12pm - 1:30pm LUNCH 1:30pm - 3:30pm Session 2 - CASE STUDIES: FIGHTING BACK Moderator: Ruth Milkman Speakers: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field on Madison Jesse Sharkey, Vice President, Chicago Teachers Union Pierrette Talley, Secretary-Treasurer, Ohio AFL-CIO Barbara Bowen, President, PSC-CUNY 3:30pm to 4pm BREAK 4:00pm - 5:30pm Session 3 - STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES Moderator: Frances Fox Piven Speakers: Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin and COWS Bob Master, CWA Stephen Lerner, labor organizer Adolph Reed, University of Pennsylvania 5:30pm - 6:30pm CLOSING RECEPTION WHEN Friday, March 25, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM (EDT) - Add to Calendar<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-sector-unions-on-the-line-right-wing-at…> WHERE The Joseph S. Murphy Institute - 25 West 43rd Street. 18th floor. New York,, NY 10036 -View Map<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-sector-unions-on-the-line-right-wing-at…>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 26: Critical Dialogues on Race and Modern Architecture
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

Critical Dialogues on Race and Modern Architecture Panel Friday, February 26, 2016 12:30pm Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall Columbia University 1172 Amsterdam Avenue NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE - WOOD AUDITORIUM Adrienne Brown, Assistant Professor - Department of English Language and Literatures, University of Chicago Mark Crinson, Professor, University of Manchester Dianne Harris, Dean of College of Humanities, University of Utah Saidiya Hartman, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Response by Mabel O. Wilson, Professor, Columbia GSAPP Irene Cheng, Assistant Professor, California College of the Arts Charles Davis, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte "Race"-an aesthetic category based on concepts of human difference that establishes hierarchies of power-has been integral in shaping architectural discourse from its conceptualization in the Enlightenment to the present. There are numerous understudied intersections between racial and architectural theory including Winckelmann's idealization of Greek bodies and buildings, Adolf Loos's association of tattooing and ornament with "primitive" peoples, and Le Corbusier's evocations of the "primal energy" of Black jazz as spur to the rational, radiant European city. This lively dialogue between scholars drawn from across disciplines will explore how the racial has been deployed to organize and conceptualize the spaces of modernity from the building to the city to the nation to the planet. Co-Sponsored by the Institute for Research in African-American Studies and The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture. Free and open to the public.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 25: Emulating Natural Systems to Achieve Low Cost Carbon-Dioxide from the Air
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences Presents Spring 2016 Colloquium Series February 18, 2015 5:30 PM Followed by a reception Peter Groffman - Brooklyn College "Emulating Natural Systems to Achieve Low Cost Carbon-Dioxide from the Air" Graduate Center, Room 4102 | 365 Fifth Avenue?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 25: Affordable Housing and the Public Realm
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

Affordable Housing and the Public Realm: Designing for Quality Retail and Community Use When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Where: The Center for Architecture - 536 LaGuardia Place More info: http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=9181 In the coming decade, thousands of new mixed-use affordable housing developments created through Mayor de Blasio's Housing New York plan will transform the cityscape. With the power of good design, this unprecedented building boom can help foster vibrant, mixed-income neighborhoods and attractive, fully leased commercial corridors. Laying the Groundwork, developed by the Design Trust for Public Space and its Fellows in partnership with the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, is a comprehensive set of guidelines for high-quality ground-floor design in mixed-use affordable housing developments. Please join the Design Trust and the AIANY Interiors Committee as we discuss the importance of ground-floor design in this growing sector. Speakers: Susan Chin, FAIA, Hon. ASLA, Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space Eric Wilson, Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Sustainability, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development Fiona Cousins, PE, CEng, LEED Fellow, Principal, Arup; Engineering Fellow, Design Trust for Public Space Penny Hardy, Principal, PS New York; Graphic Design Fellow, Design Trust for Public Space James Slade, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal, Slade Architecture; Architecture Fellow, Design Trust for Public Space Hayes Slade, AIA, Principal, Slade Architecture; Architecture Fellow, Design Trust for Public Space R. Darby Curtis, AIA, Partner, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects Moderator: Bill Menking, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Architects Newspaper Organized by: AIANY Interiors Committee and Design Trust for Public Space Price: $5 for AIA members; $10 for non-members

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] David Harvey Speaking on Friday
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Event will be held at the CUNY Graduate Center Inequality and the Commons Seminar Sponsored by ARC Presents David Harvey Distinguished Professor Of Anthropology and Geography CUNY Graduate Center http://davidharvey.org/ Rebel Cities and Urban Commons GC-CUNY, February 19, 2-4pm Room GC 5318 David Harvey is one of the best known and the most cited urban Marxist geographers. His many books examine various facets of the urban process in capitalist societies. In one of his recent books Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution (2012), Dr. Harvey analyzes the revolutionary potential of cities and how they can bring about more socially just societies. At the seminar, he will speak to the themes of this book and will share his latest thinking about cities. Also see Video: David Harvey: Slums & Skyscrapers: Space, Housing and the City Under Neoliberalism http://davidharvey.org/2015/07/video-david-harvey-slums-skyscrapers-space-h…

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 5 - May 1: Laura Poitras: Astro Noise
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

LAURA POITRAS: ASTRO NOISE FEB 5-MAY 1, 2016 Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY More info and tickets: http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/LauraPoitras? Laura Poitras: Astro Noise is the first solo museum exhibition by artist, filmmaker, and journalist Laura Poitras. This immersive installation of new work builds on topics important to Poitras, including mass surveillance, the war on terror, the U.S. drone program, Guantánamo Bay Prison, occupation, and torture. Some of these issues have been investigated in her films, including Citizenfour, which won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary, and in her reporting, which was awarded a 2014 Pulitzer Prize. For the exhibition, Poitras is creating an interrelated series of installations in the Whitney's eighth-floor Hurst Family Galleries. The exhibition expands on her project to document post-9/11 America, engaging visitors in formats outside her non-fiction filmmaking. Instead she will create immersive environments that incorporate documentary footage, architectural interventions, primary documents, and narrative structures to invite visitors to interact with the material in strikingly intimate and direct ways. The title, Astro Noise, refers to the faint background disturbance of thermal radiation left over from the Big Bang and is the name Edward Snowden gave to an encrypted file containing evidence of mass surveillance by the National Security Agency that he shared with Poitras in 2013. The Snowden archive partially inspired Poitras's presentation at the Whitney.?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 18: Pollutants in Coastal Waters: Inputs, Impacts, and Solutions
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences Presents Spring 2016 Colloquium Series February 18, 2015 5:30 PM Followed by a reception Jennifer Cherrier - Brooklyn College "Pollutants in Coastal Waters: Inputs, Impacts, and Solutions" Graduate Center, Room 4102 | 365 Fifth Avenue

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 19: The Road From Paris: The Future of Climate Change Adaptation
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

PSPD Spring 2016 Lecture Series: The Road From Paris: Debrief + Friday, Feb 19, 2016 5:30 PM-8:00 PM Location: Pratt Manhattan, 144 West 14th Street Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development (PSPD) presents the Spring 2016 Lecture Series, "The Road From Paris: The Future of Climate Change Adaptation." Debrief + This session will focus on the outcomes of the Paris talks. What was achieved and what was not achieved? What will the impact be on cities and regions? In particular, what do the agreements mean for communities that are comprised of low-income people, as well as emerging economies and nations struggling to overcome colonialism? Ghislaine Hermanuz, United Nations Huairou Commission; Hermanuz, Ltd. (Planning, Architecture, Urban Design) Jeffrey Raven, Graduate Program in Urban & Regional Design at New York Institute of Technology; AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee Andrew Revkin, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies; The New York Times Dot Earth blog Kellie Terry, Sustainable Communities Program at The Surdna Foundation Ron Shiffman, moderator Pratt Institute Professor Emeritus Ronald Shiffman (FAICP, Hon. AIA) hosts academics, planners, policymakers, and activists in a series of public discussions on the outcomes of the Paris 2015 Climate Conference and the implications for grassroots organizations and frontline communities. What were the Conference's accomplishments and failures? How do we implement the Conference's highest aspirations? And how do we move forward to address its shortfalls? The lecture series is by Pratt PSPD, Rebuild by Design, Planners Network, Social Science Research Institute at Farmingdale State College SUNY, The Murphy Institute at CUNY, and is free and open to the public.

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