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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Affordable Housing Exhibition 2/10
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

>From Matthew G. Lasner<https://networks.h-net.org/users/matthew-g-lasner> Please join me and Nicholas Dagen Bloom Wednesday, 2/10, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, for the opening of an exhibition we have co-curated as a companion to our new edited collection, Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City (Princeton 2016). Mounted at Hunter College's acclaimed East Harlem Gallery, the exhibition explores a century of life in affordable housing in New York City with a view to generating bold and creative solutions for tomorrow. Featured are original photographs by David Schalliol, custom built models of apartments from various eras, a timeline of original and archival material, and photographs by public housing tenants produced through the Project Lives program, which offered NYCHA residents free photo classes and cameras. The exhibition will run through 5/15 and is open 12:00 - 5:00 pm Tuesday - Saturday. http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/eastharlem-artgallery In conjunction with the exhibition (and book) we are also offering several public programs this spring, including Friday walking tours (2/19 - 4/22), a documentary film night (3/2), and a discussion with NYCHA chair Shola Olatoye and other special guests in the Great Hall at Cooper Union (3/16). The first program, The Politics of Affordable Housing, will take place 2/24 at Hunter's Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, 47-49 East 65th Street, as part of their 2016 election series. This event, which we will moderate, brings together in conversation Vicki Been, commissioner of the City of New York's Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Judi Kende, vice president and New York market leader for Enterprise Community Partners; Helen Rosenthal, New York City Council Member representing District 6 on Manhattan's Upper West Side; and Alex F. Schwartz, Professor at Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at the New School, and Director of the Milano School's Urban Policy Lab. http://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/events/politics-affordable-housin…

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 10: Environmental Humanities: Disaster and Environmental Justice
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Environmental Humanities: Disaster and Environmental Justice? Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute 20 Cooper Sq, 7th floor, New York, NY 10003, USA RSVP and more information: http://ipk.nyu.edu/calendar/events/283-environmental-humanities-disaster-an… The Institute for Public Knowledge<https://ipk.nyu.edu/> and the Center for the Humanities at NYU<http://nyuhumanities.org/> are pleased and excited to announce the first event of the On Being Human Event Series and the Environmental Humanities Event Series. In this first event, Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction and staff writer for The New Yorker, and NYU Sociology Professor Eric Klinenberg will address the pressing themes of disaster and environmental justice. Elizabeth Kolbert<http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/elizabeth-kolbert> has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1999. She has written dozens of pieces for the magazine, including profiles of Senator Hillary Clinton and former mayors Michael Bloomberg and Rudolph Giuliani. Her series on global warming, "The Climate of Man," appeared in The New Yorker in the spring of 2005 and won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's magazine award. Also in 2006, she received the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award in the newspaper/magazine category and was awarded a Lannan Writing Fellowship. In September 2010, Kolbert received the prestigious Heinz Award which recognizes individuals who are addressing global change caused by the impact of human activities and natural processes on the environment. She has also been awarded a 2010 National Magazine Award in the Reviews and Criticism category for her work in The New Yorker, and the Sierra Club's 2011 David R. Brower Award. She recently won the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism from the American Geophysical Union. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History,<http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250062185> a book about mass extinctions that weaves intellectual and natural history with reporting in the field, was a New York Times 2014 Top Ten Best Book of the Year. The Sixth Extinction also won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize<http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2015> in the General Nonfiction category and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the best books of 2014. Eric Klinenberg<http://ipk.nyu.edu/contacts/ipk-director> is Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, and Research Director for the federal Rebuild By Design competition. He is the author, with Aziz Ansari, of the international bestseller Modern Romance, and author of the critically acclaimed books Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (The Penguin Press, 2012), Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media (Metropolitan Books, 2007), and Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2002). In addition to his scholarly publications, and he has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Le Monde Diplomatique, The London Review of Books, and This American Life (NPR). This series is co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Department<http://environment.as.nyu.edu/page/home>, the Animal Studies Initiative at NYU<http://animalstudies.as.nyu.edu/page/home> and the Center for the Humanities at NYU<http://nyuhumanities.org/>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 5: The Spatial Impact Of Forced Migration: Implications For Urban Scholarship And Practice
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

The Spatial Impact of Forced Migration: Implications for Urban Scholarship and Practice Friday, February 5, 2016 1:00pm Avery Hall, Ware Lounge, Room 600 1172 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10027 How can architects, planners and designers respond to the global refugee crisis? Marianne Potvin, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Jesse Coburn, Journalist and Student of Journalism and European Studies at NYU Nora Akawi, Director Studio X Amman Response by Joyce Klein-Rosenthal, Kaja Kühl, Julie Behrens and Laura Lieto With over 60 million displaced people in the world - a rate higher than ever since World War II -- our understanding of territory, nation-state and borders is being challenged increasingly by this forced mobility. The life-threatening journey that many undertake to seek refuge from conflict and disaster question our political mechanisms of inclusion or exclusion and challenge our commitment to human rights in the places of arrival and transit. As nation-states are grappling with a shifting order, cities and local governments across the world are being confronted with this new reality. While refugee camps increasingly become permanent makeshift cities, arrival cities develop temporary shelter as opposed to permanent resettlement. This dialogue will explore the role that architects, planners and urban designers and especially universities can play in designing the local aspects of this global flow in places of arrival and transit. Free and open to the public.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] CUNY Service Core is Accepting Applications
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

> >Dear QC Students, > >The CUNY Service Corps Program is now accepting applications! > >To apply, please go to: http://www.cuny.edu/servicecorps > >Priority Deadline: February 29, 2016. >Application closes on March 20th, 2016. > >Apply now to be a member of the CUNY Service Corps: a program that gives >students like you the chance to play a role in improving New York City?s >future ? while gaining real-work experience and professional training and >getting paid $12 per hour. > >About the program: >The CUNY Service Corps, an intensive civic engagement and professional >development program, aspires to develop the next generation of community >leaders. The program inspires and prepares students to give back to their >communities and to integrate service into their college education. It >mobilizes students to work on neighborhood projects that tackle pressing >community needs at the grassroots level in four areas: health, education, >economic development and sustainability. While practicing engaged >citizenship, students also increase their transferable skills, workplace >skills, leadership, people skills, self-confidence, knowledge of social >issues and the landscape of community-based organizations. > >The program is a 24-week commitment, 12 hours a week and pays $12/hr. >Priority Deadline: February 29, 2016 (earn a bonus point on your >application). >Application closes on March 20th, 2016. > >Some students may also be able to earn college credit. > >We currently have 135 placement sites. Some of the community partners >where Queens College students have participated are: > * 9/11 Memorial & Museum * Brooklyn Navy Yard * American Museum of >Natural History * Federal Reserve Bank of New York * New York City Council >* CUNY Citizenship Now! * NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene * >Office of Manhattan Borough President * GallopNYC * New York Hall of >Science * U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * Queens College >School for Math, Science, and Technology * Queens Library * Wildlife >Conservation Society City Zoos Services * City Harvest * Queens Botanical >Garden * Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc. * Coalition for Hispanic >Families * and many more community and government based organizations! We >also offer service projects led by professors from Queens College and >other CUNY campuses! > > Students receive a bonus points on their applications if they meet the >priority deadline or attend an in-person information session in full. >Upcoming information sessions will be promoted via QC Mailer. > >Please feel free to contact us for more information: > >CUNY Service Corps at Queens College, CUNY >Queens College - City University of New York >65-30 Kissena Boulevard >Razran Hall 314 >Queens, NY 11367-1597 >Tel.: (718) 570-0565 >Email: ServiceCorps(a)qc.cuny.edu > >Apply at: www.cuny.edu/servicecorps <http://www.cuny.edu/servicecorps> > >

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 4: Bronx Immigration Partnership Fair
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Bronx Immigration Partnership Fair ?? The New Sanctuary Coalition has recently come together with other immigrant-serving organizations in NY to form the Bronx Immigration Partnership. The Bronx Immigration Partnership will be having its inaugural resource fair next Thursday, February 4th, from 6pm to 9pm, at Abraham House, 340 Willis Avenue, bn 141st and 142nd Streets. There will be multilingual presentations on the ICE raids and immigration relief, children's activities, a coat drive, and remarks by local elected officials. We will also be asking the community to help design our logo at our BIP Logo Design Challenge Table. We hope you can join us and spread the word to your clients and colleagues. Our flyer is attached. Thanks and apologies for cross-postings! Bronx Immigration Partnership Fair Thursday, February 4th 6pm - 9pm Abraham House 340 Willis Avenue (Between 141st and 142nd St.) Bronx, NY More information: http://www.bronximmigrationpartnership.org/resource-fair ? ?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Career Opportunities at Impact for Poverty Action
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

See link to jobs here: http://www.poverty-action.org/work-with-ipa/current-opportunities Recent article about the organization: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/what-data-can-do-to-fight-…

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Zero Waste Hunter (CUNY-Wide Sustainability Initiative) - kickoff meeting
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Event: Zero Waste Hunter - kickoff meeting When: 4:00 - 6:00 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Where: CISC Conference Room, 1216 Hunter East Building The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities is pleased to host the kickoff meeting for Zero Waste Hunter, a campus-wide effort to reduce waste and the environmental impact of the Hunter community. Zero Waste Hunter is being chartered as an undergraduate student club with the assistance of the Hunter Sustainability Project, though we hope that interested graduate students, faculty, and staff members will attend. The meeting is intended to allow us to lay out the broad goals for the group, discuss possible projects to be pursued, to nominate founding officers for the club, and to get to know community members who are interested in reducing waste and the environmental footprint of our college. If you are interested in attending the kickoff meeting please email me at the address listed below. I will forward an agenda before the kickoff meeting next week. Sincerely, Douglas Price Program Manager CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities Room 1215, East Building Hunter College 695 Park Avenue New York, New York 10065 Email: op89(a)hunter.cuny.edu<mailto:op89@hunter.cuny.edu><mailto:op89@hunter.cuny.edu> Tel: (212) 396 - 6136 Fax: (212) 396 - 6137 Cell: (646) 726 - 0807

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