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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Job Opportunity for Next Semester 2016-17
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

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. APPLY NOW AT: http://tinyurl.com/cunyservicecorpsapp2016 <http://cunyqcretain.askadmissions.net/admin/Communications/ClickThru.aspx?q…> The CUNY Service Corps is a 24-week commitment, 12 hours a week and pays $12/hr. Application closes on March 20, 2016 RSVP for upcoming information sessions: http://goo.gl/forms/U5aZY5VOEA <http://cunyqcretain.askadmissions.net/admin/Communications/ClickThru.aspx?q…> (receive a bonus point for attending an information session) We currently have 135 placement sites. Some of the community partners where Queens College students have participated are: 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 * New York Hall of Science * U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission* Wildlife Conservation Society City Zoos Services * City Harvest * Queens Botanical Garden * Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, Inc. * Coalition for Hispanic Families * and service projects led by Queens College and other CUNY professors! Students will get bonus points added to their applications if they meet the priority deadline or attend an in-person information session in full. For more information, visit: www.cuny.edu/servicecorps <http://cunyqcretain.askadmissions.net/admin/Communications/ClickThru.aspx?q…> CUNY Service Corps at Queens College, CUNY Tel.: (718) 570-0565 | Email: ServiceCorps(a)qc.cuny.edu <mailto:ServiceCorps@qc.cuny.edu>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Fellowship for Students Interested in Pursuing a PhD
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

>From Francois Pierre-Louis, Coordinator, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: I have the pleasure of inviting you to nominate candidates for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. As many of you know, the fellowship, now in its twenty-fourth year at Queens, supports exceptional undergraduates who plan to attain the PhD and enter the professoriate. Eligible students should be sophomores with outstanding academic potential. They must identify themselves as minority students or have a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities and promoting racial and ethnic understanding. In addition, they must have a GPA of 3.3 or above and be majors in one of the following Mellon-designated fields: Anthropology Area Studies Art History Classics Computer Science Demography Earth Science Ecology English Ethnomusicology Film, Cinema & Media Studies Foreign Languages Geography & Population Studies Geology History Linguistics Literature Mathematics Musicology Philosophy Physics Political Theory Religion Sociology Theatre (non-performance focus) Students selected for the fellowship receive two years of financial and intellectual support. In addition to receiving tuition reimbursement and an annual stipend of up to $7,000, they work closely with a faculty mentor to prepare for advanced study in their fields. The participation of the Queens College faculty, both in nominating students and in serving as their mentors, is crucial to the continued success of the program. I urge you to consider nominating a student this year.Applications are due on Thursday, April 21. Completed applications can be dropped off at Delany Hall 125. The application form can be downloaded and printed from the following link:http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/qcmellon/pdfs/applicationform.pdf<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011_dyMQ4YKdX7rn2t3Wy7URWZphtUZui1wv6xXj9hz1Se…>. Feel free to duplicate and distribute the application form to potential candidates. There will be an open house for prospective fellows on Wednesday, March 16, 12:15-1 pm in Honors Hall 17. Please encourage the students you wish to nominate to attend. The program appreciates your continued support. For more information, call the Mellon office at 718-997-2845 or me at 718- 997-5342. You may also visit our website at http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/qcmellon/<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011_dyMQ4YKdX7rn2t3Wy7URWZphtUZui1wv6xXj9hz1Se…>.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Hagedorn Scholarships for 1st Generation Urban/Environmental Studies Students!!!
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

The Department of Urban Studies awards one-time scholarships of $1,500 to Urban and Environmental Studies Majors who are among the first generation in their family to attend a four-year college in the United States. Scholarship applications are announced and awarded once a year, early in the Spring semester. Students whose parents attended college in a country other than the United States ARE eligible for this award. Students must have junior standing or higher and must have already declared an Urban or Environmental Studies major. *DEADLINE: MARCH 28, 2016!!!! Please download the application from our website: <http://qcurban.org/departmental-awards-scholarships/> http://qcurban.org/departmental-awards-scholarships/ OR SEE ATTACHED. Students may apply for the scholarship multiple times, but can only receive it once. Therefore, if you apply one year and are rejected, you may continue to apply in subsequent years. Scholarship winners will be notified by April 15, 2015 Submit completed application materials in hard copy or by email to: Jeanne Chan jeanne.chan(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:jeanne.chan@qc.cuny.edu> Department of Urban Studies 250 Powdermaker Hall 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367-1597

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 16: The Next 100 Years of Affordable Housing
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

The Next 100 Years of Affordable Housing What: Matthew Gordon Lasner and Nicholas Dagen Bloom, the co-authors ofAffordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies that Transformed a City(2015; Princeton University Press) host a free, public panel discussion on the future of a livable New York City for the other 99%. Who: Additional panelists include: · Shola Olatoye, Chair and CEO of the New York City Housing Authority · Alexander Gorlin, FAIA, architect of Nehemiah Spring Creek, the Brook, and other innovative affordable housing complexes · Gwendolyn Wright, professor architecture, history, and art history, Columbia University · Joseph Heathcott, associate professor of urban studies, The New School · Carol Lamberg, former executive director, Settlement Housing Fund When: Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 6:30pm - 8pm Where: The Great Hall in The Foundation Building The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, New York, NY 10003 More: Matthew Gordon Lasner <http://hunteruap.org/faculty/matthew-lasner/>[hunteruap.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__hunteruap.org_faculty_m…> , assistant professor of urban studies and planning at Hunter College, is also the author of High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century. Nicholas Dagen Bloom <http://www.nyit.edu/bio/nbloom>[nyit.edu]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nyit.edu_bio_nbloom…> is associate professor of social science and director of the Urban Administration program at New York Institute of Technology. His books include Public Housing that Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 11: Law4BlackLives Webinar: Democratizing Defense
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

?Law4BlackLives Webinar: Democratizing Defense - 10 Common Crimes Our People Can Defend Themselves Against Friday, March 11 2:00 - 3:30 PM Webinar Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1722829540476069891 Law4BlackLives (L4BL) is launching an online training series to support our national community of lawyers and legal advocates in their efforts to serve the Movement for Black Lives and the broader constellation of community groups building a transformative racial justice movement. ABOUT THIS TRAINING: In this moment of resistance and struggle, it's more important than ever to push back on the forces caging and criminalizing our communities. It is time for those of us who have held the privilege of legal knowledge not to just help others, but to give our clients and comrades the tools to defend themselves. This training focuses on 10 of the most commonly prosecuted crimes and explores simple, digestible ways advocates can help community members defend themselves through a combination of court advocacy, community organizing and political education. We will discuss not only on legal defense skills but also political ways of interacting with legal processes and how to disseminate resources to those that wish to use them. Led by two experienced and radical criminal defense lawyers of color, this training will leave you with a clearer vision about how you can grow community criminal defense structures in your local community. Non-lawyers are welcome and encouraged to attend this training. TRAINERS Carl Williams Attorney, ACLU of Massachussetts L4BL Steering Committee Member Oren Nimni<https://www.facebook.com/oren.sansterre> Attorney Co-Chair, NLG, The United People of Color Caucus L4BL Steering Committee Member ------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE L4BL TRAINING SERIES L4BL is launching an online training series to support our national community of lawyers and legal advocates in their efforts to serve the Movement for Black Lives and the broader constellation of community groups building a transformative racial justice movement. We know that the legal profession was not created to support social movements. It takes creativity, radical analysis, modesty, and the ability to listen to those on the frontlines and follow their lead, to put our legal skills to the service of the movement. This training series will help us develop those abilities in order to be effective partners in this struggle. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1671965023021220/

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 8: Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the North American Progressive Era
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the North American Progressive Era Tuesday, March 6 6:00 - 8:00 PM Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, Room 9204/9205 Please join us for Jacob Remes' discussion of his new book Disaster Citizenship A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A. C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive "solutions" on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Respondent: Erik Wallenberg, PhD Student in the History Department, Graduate Center, City University of New York. Here's links to images: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/images/9780252081378_lg.jpg[press.uill…<http://pcp.gc.cuny.edu/?email_id=300&user_id=663&urlpassed=aHR0cHM6Ly91cmxk…> Jacob Remes is assistant professor of public affairs, history, and labor studies at SUNY Empire State College. He teaches and studies the working-class and labor history of North America, with a focus on urban disasters, working-class organizations, and migration. More info: http://pcp.gc.cuny.edu/events/book-event-disaster-citizenship-survivors-sol…

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 7: Open Organizing Meeting: Queens Anti-Gentrification Project
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

?Open Organizing Meeting: Queens Anti-Gentrification Project Monday, March 7 7:00 PM Metro Kitchen, 61-12 Roosevelt Ave Come join us to learn about what Queens Anti-Gentrification Project is up to and how we can work together. During the meeting we will continue to strategize around one of our current campaigns, as well as discuss popular education and outreach to other groups. Refreshments will be served! More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/809494269162349/?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] GC Lecture Why Public Space Matters, March 9
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

[The Graduate Center - THE LIFE OF THE MIND IN THE HEART OF THE CITY] "Why Public Space Matters" A Lecture by Dr. Setha Low Graduate Center Professor of Anthropology, Environmental Psychology, Geography and Women's Studies; Director of the Public Space Research Group Wednesday, March 09, 2016 6:15 p.m. Lecture The Graduate Center | Segal Theatre | First Floor | 365 Fifth Avenue ________________________________________________________________ How do we create a more just and democratic city? One strategy explored in this talk is to improve our public spaces by increasing diversity and providing safe places for all New Yorkers to talk, relax and play. Professor Low suggests that a broader understanding of social justice reflected in her five propositions for public space can provide a more inclusive future. Dr. Setha Low trains Ph.D. students in the anthropology of space and place, urban anthropology, the anthropology of the body, and cultural values in historic preservation. She is also director of the GC's Public Space Research Group. She has been awarded a Getty Fellowship, an NEH fellowship, a Fulbright Senior Fellowship, and a Guggenheim for her ethnographic research on public space in Latin America and the United States. She was president of the American Anthropological Association from 2007 to 2009. Her current research is on the impact of private governance on New York City co-ops and condominiums, and she recently completed her new book titled "Spatializing Culture: An Anthropological Theory of Space and Place" which will be published August 2016. In 2009 she began a collaborative project on spatial methods and public practices, funded by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, and in 2010 she was a fellow in the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. In 2011 she became co-chair of the Public Space and Diversity Network. Professor Low is widely published, with more than a hundred articles and chapters, and lectures internationally. Her books include Politics of Public Space (2006), with Neil Smith; Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity (2005), with S. Scheld and D. Taplin; Behind the Gates: Life, Security and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America (2004); The Anthropology of Space and Place: Locating Culture (2003), with D. Lawrence-Zuniga; and On the Plaza: The Politics of Public Space and Culture (2000). She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. Advance reservation required. RSVP to Jim Cronin | jcronin(a)gc.cuny.edu<mailto:jcronin@gc.cuny.edu> [Follow us on Facebook]<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.c…> [Follow us on twitter] <https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2f…> THE GRADUATE CENTER | 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) Support the Graduate Center<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gc.cuny.ed…> Graduate Center Home<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gc.cuny.ed…> | More Graduate Center Events<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gc.cuny.ed…> Email Preference<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.aspx?pid=188&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=…> | Privacy Policy<https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cuny.edu%2…> <https://community.gc.cuny.edu/page.aspx?pid=187&srctid=1&erid=3399534&trid=…> [https://community.gc.cuny.edu/smtp.mailopen?id=3399534]

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 10: ICEFREENYC & NYC Shut It Down: Grand Central Crew #BlackLivesMatter
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

[español abajo] Dear Friends, Please join ICEFREENYC & NYC Shut It Down: Grand Central Crew #BlackLivesMatter next Thursday March 10, 2016 at 7pm at Solidarity Center NYC (147 W 24th Street, 2nd Floor, btwn 5th & 6th). Join us at this planning meeting as we organize to uplift Alex Nieto's life and legacy. On Friday evening, March 21, 2014, Alex Nieto was killed when he was struck by 14 to 15 bullets (of a total of 48 shots) fired by four San Francisco Police Department officers without justification. He was 28 when he was murdered. Alex Nieto was born and raised in the Bernal Heights and Mission districts of San Francisco. He was a beloved son and brother, and an active member of the community. For more information, please visit the FB event page<https://www.facebook.com/events/525954047585841/>. Please join us next Thursday, March 10th at 7pm at Solidarity Center NYC as we organize to uplift Alex Nieto's life and legacy. http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b5082bf0b99490377ff58bb9e&id=d71efe1e70… In Solidarity, ICE-FREE NYC -- Queridxs Amigxs, Unete con #ICEFREENYC en colaboración con NYC Shut It Down: The Grand Central Crew #BlackLivesMatter para honrar la vida de Alex Nieto el próximo Jueves, 10 de Marzo, 2016 a las 7pm en Solidarity Center NYC (147 W. 24th Street, Piso 2, entre la 5ta y 6ta avenida). Ven a esta reunión de planificación para honrar la vida y el legado de Alex Nieto. La noche del viernes 21 de marzo de 2014, Alex Nieto murió cuando fue herido por 14 a 15 balas (de un total de 48 disparos) disparadas por cuatro agentes del Departamento de Policía de San Francisco, sin justificación. Tenía 28 años cuando lo mataron. Alex Nieto nació y se crió en los barrios de Bernal Heights y La Misión en San Francisco. Era un hijo y hermano muy amado, y un miembro activo de la comunidad. Para mas informacion, por favor visite esta pagina de Facebook sobre el evento.<https://www.facebook.com/events/525954047585841/> Únete a nosotrxs el próximo Jueves, 10 de marzo a las 7pm en Solidarity Center NYC para organizar juntxs y elevar la vida y el legado de Alex Nieto. http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b5082bf0b99490377ff58bb9e&id=d71efe1e70… En Solidaridad, ICE-FREE NYC?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 8: Cuba’s Diaspora & its Impact on the Homeland
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Cuba’s Diaspora & its Impact on the Homeland A lecture by Vincent Bloch TUESDAY, MARCH 08, 2015 6 PM SULZBERGER PARLOR, 3RD FLOOR BARNARD HALL LECTURE<http://barnard.edu/category/event-type-3> CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA<http://barnard.edu/category/topics-104> Exiles and emigrants have often played crucial roles in the economic and political transformation of their homeland. Is this happening in the case of Cuba, particularly in light of the recent changes in American diplomatic relations with the Castro government? Sociologist Vincent Bloch from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris addresses these questions by discussing the different waves of the Cuban exodus, its destinations, integration into receiving societies, and interaction with the homeland. More info: http://barnard.edu/events/cubas-diaspora-its-impact-homeland?

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