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[UrbanStudiesCircular] 9/22: We Must Divest in Fossil Fuels
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

We Must Divest in Fossil Fuels Thursday, September 22 6:30-8:30 pm Skylight Room Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue If we listen to climate scientists like James Hansen, we know that it is imperative that we stop extracting and burning fossil fuels. Yet, as the recent struggles around the Dakota Access Pipeline reveal, big oil companies will stop at nothing in their quest to squeeze every last drop of fossil fuels out of the ground. And they are supported in this destructive quest by big banks and organizations like the World Bank. In response to this extreme extraction, the movement to divest from fossil fuels is pushing institutions - including universities - to kick the fossil fuel habit. What progress have divestment movements in NY-area schools made, and how can CUNY Divest draw on their experiences? What links can we forge between academic institutions and city- and state-level efforts, such as the movement to divest pension funds? This exciting roundtable offers a chance to compare notes and strategize for a future without fossil fuels. Speakers: Senator Liz Krueger, New York State Senate City Council Member Helen B. Rosenthal, New York City Council President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, New York State Nurses Association Mikayla Petchell, Columbia Divest for Climate Justice Ana Paola White, CUNY Divest This event is sponsored by the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. It is free and open to the public.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] 9/20: Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: The Miseducation of the Public
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: The Miseducation of the Public WHEN: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 3:00-4:00 p.m.; reception to follow WHERE: The Graduate Center, CUNY, Skylight Room (Room 9100) SPEAKERS: Jessie Daniels (Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY), Mary Phillips (Lehman College, CUNY) and Linda Sarsour (Arab American Association of New York) RSVP: via EventBrite<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eventbrite.com_e_r…> LIVESTREAM: http://bit.ly/FuturesED-live<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_FuturesED-2Dlive…> This panel is the first in the second year of The University Worth Fighting For, a series of events that tie student-centered, engaged pedagogical practices to institutional change, race, equality, gender, and social justice. To help build momentum and to provide a place to discuss related topics outside of the event itself, we also invite you to join a Twitter chat on September 20 at 3 p.m. at the hashtag #fight4edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_hashtag_fi…>. Panelists: Jessie Daniels, PhD is Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, at the City University of New York (CUNY). An internationally recognized expert on Internet manifestations of racism, Daniels is the author of two books about race and various forms of media, White Lies (Routledge, 1997) and Cyber Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), as well as dozens of peer-reviewed articles in journals such as New Media & Society, Gender & Society, American Journal of Public Health, and Women's Studies Quarterly. In 2014, Contexts Magazine called her a "pioneer in digital sociology." Daniels also worked in the Internet industry. She writes regularly at RacismReview<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.racismreview.com_&d…>, a scholarly blog that she co-founded and has maintained since 2007. Forbes Magazine named her one of "20 inspiring women to follow on Twitter," and you can find her there as @JessieNYC<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_jessienyc&…>. Mary Phillips received her PhD in African and African American Studies from Michigan State University. She currently teaches at Lehman College, CUNY. Her research explores women and gender in the Black Panther Party. Her most recent publication, "The Power of the First-Person Narrative: Ericka Huggins and the Black Panther Party" in the Women's Studies Quarterly (Fall/Winter 2015) has been nominated for the the Association of Black Women Historians Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book and Article Award. She is currently completing a book manuscript, A Spirit on a Sword: Ericka Huggins' Life as a Panther, Educator, and Activist. Linda Sarsour is the Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.arabamericanny.org_…> and co-founder of the first Muslim online organizing platform, MPOWER Change<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mpowerchange.org_&d=Cw…>. She has been at the forefront of major civil rights campaigns including calling for an end to unwarranted surveillance of New York's Muslim communities and ending police policies like stop and frisk. In wake of the police murder of Mike Brown, she co-founded Muslims for Ferguson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_Musli…> to build solidarity amongst American Muslim communities and encourage work against police brutality. Linda is also a member of the Justice League NYC<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_Justi…>, a leading force of activists, formerly incarcerated individuals, and artists working to reform the New York Police Department and the criminal justice system. She is a working woman, racial justice and civil rights activist, every Islamophobe's worst nightmare, and mother of three. Ambitious, outspoken and independent, Linda shatters stereotypes of Muslim women while also treasuring her religious and ethnic heritage. How to Join Us: * To attend in person, RSVP now<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eventbrite.com_e_r…>! * Watch the livestream at bit.ly/FuturesED-live<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_futuresed-2Dlive…> (unedited footage will be available after the workshop for a limited time under "Recent Videos," and we'll post an edited version soon) * Follow the hashtag #fight4edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_hashtag_fi…> and tweet your questions/comments * During and after the workshop, add your questions and comments to this Google Doc<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_docume…> The Futures Initiative is grateful for the support of our event co-sponsors: The Center for Place, Culture and Politics, the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas & The Caribbean (IRADAC), and the Office of Educational Opportunity & Diversity at CUNY.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] May 7 - Oct 16: In the South Bronx of America: Photographs by Mel Rosenthal
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

In the South Bronx of America: Photographs by Mel Rosenthal Scenes from the South Bronx, 1976-82. Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street) Open daily 10 AM - 6 PM More info: http://www.mcny.org/in-the-south-bronx-of-america The 1970s marked the start of a tumultuous period of decline in the South Bronx, brought on by a loss of manufacturing jobs, reductions in municipal services, plummeting property values, a mass exodus of its residents, and rampant arson. Photographer Mel Rosenthal (b. 1940), who grew up in the South Bronx, was determined to give a public face, and a voice, to those who had been left behind by the area's evolution. In the South Bronx of America features images taken by Rosenthal at the height of the area's devastation, focusing on the resilient residents who refused to abandon their neighborhoods.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Sept 28: Hard Sell: Work and Resistance in Retail Chains
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Book event: Hard Sell: Work and Resistance in Retail Chains (ILR/Cornell University Press, 2016) by Peter Ikeler Sept. 28th | 6:00 - 9:00 PM 365 5th Avenue Sociology Lounge (room 6112) More info: http://pcp.gc.cuny.edu/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id… Speakers: * Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center * Gerald Sider, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center * Peter Ikeler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY College at Old Westbury (book author About the book: Along with fast-food workers, retail workers are capturing the attention of the public and the media with the Fight for $15. Like fast-food workers, retail workers are underpaid, and fewer than 5 percent of them belong to unions. In Hard Sell, Peter Ikeler traces the low-wage, largely nonunion character of U.S. retail through the history and ultimate failure of twentieth-century retail unionism. He asks pivotal questions about twenty-first-century capitalism: Does the nature of retail work make collective action unlikely? Can working conditions improve in the absence of a union? Is worker consciousness changing in ways that might encourage or further inhibit organizing? Ikeler conducted interviews at New York City locations of two iconic department stores-Macy's and Target. Much of the book's narrative unfolds from the perspectives of these workers in America's most unequal city. When he speaks to workers, Ikeler finds that the Macy's organization displays an adversarial relationship between workers and managers and that Target is infused with a "teamwork" message that enfolds both parties. Macy's workers identify more with their jobs and are more opposed to management, yet Target workers show greater solidarity. Both groups, however, are largely unhappy with the pay and precariousness of their jobs. Combined with workplace-generated feelings of unity and resistance, these grievances provide promising inroads to organizing that could help take the struggle against inequality beyond symbolic action to real economic power. Author bio: Born near Lowell Massachusetts, Ikeler grew up with the remains of former industry and class struggles all around him, which helped shape his worldview on issues of class and workers' rights. He is now a Brooklyn-based activist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at SUNY College at Old Westbury. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, his M.A. in European Culture and Economy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany and his B.A. in Philosophy from New York University. His ongoing research examines the constraints and potential of what might be termed the postindustrial working class in advanced capitalist societies. This event is sponsored by the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. It is free and open to the public.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Sept 20: Migration & Mobility: Hagar Kotef and Audra Simpson
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Migration & Mobility: Hagar Kotef and Audra Simpson Hagar Kotef "Home (and the ruins that remain): An inquiry into the desires of settler colonialism" with a response by Audra Simpson September 20th | 4:30-6:30 pm 365 5th Ave Room 5109 More info: http://globalization.gc.cuny.edu/events/migration-mobility-home-and-the-rui… This talk examines the politics of "home" and the production of political belonging (both national and individual) amidst conditions of structural violence. Focusing on Israel/Palestine, Kotef seeks to understand how people develop attachments to spaces and places when these attachments themselves facilitate state violence. She will point to a work of memory through which violence becomes not invisible but rather banal, rendered an uncontested part of one's political identity. Hagar Kotef is Associate Professor of Political Theory and Comparative Political Thought in the Department of Politics and International Relations, SOAS, The University of London, and the author of Movement and the Ordering of Freedom (2015). Audra Simpson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. She is the author of Mohawk Interruptus (Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States) (2014).

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Sept 14: The Anatomy of Change: Cliff Levy's 'Broken Homes'
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

The Anatomy of Change: Cliff Levy's 'Broken Homes' Sept. 14 | 6:30 - 8:00 PM 365 Fifth Avenue Room 1218: Segal Theatre More information: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/All-GC-Events/Calendar/Detail?id=37112 Reserve Now<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-anatomy-of-change-cliff-levys-broken-homes…> At its best, journalism excels in telling the stories of the voiceless, in demanding justice for the victimized. Cliff Levy's Pulitzer-winning series "Broken Homes<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/18/nyregion/broken-home-a-special-report-for…>" (The New York Times) exemplifies these qualities. Over the course of six stories in 2002, Levy provided a brilliant, vivid exploration of New York State's negligent oversight of homes for the mentally ill and unstable, revealing tales of abuse and neglect that are harrowing. Join us as we explore these issues in "The Anatomy of Change: Cliff Levy's 'Broken Homes'", a conversation with Clifford J. Levy and one of his former editors, Joe Sexton (now at ProPublica). This event is free, but you must RSVP here to attend<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-anatomy-of-change-cliff-levys-broken-homes…>. This event is part of the New York Council's "The Anatomy of Change: Journalism & Justice," a series that explores the role of journalism in American society and is a part of the Pulitzer Prizes Centennial Campfires Initiative.<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.pulitzer.org_centen…> Cosponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities, and the Writers' Institute at the Graduate Center, CUNY.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Opportunities with the D. E. Shaw group
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Opportunities with the D. E. Shaw group Hi Ms. Chan, The D. E. Shaw group is currently hiring for full-time and intern positions, and we're now accepting applications. All of our open positions are listed on our website<https://www.deshaw.com/recruit/jobs/OC/EB/QueensCollege>, where you can learn more about who we are and what we do. We'd appreciate if you could also forward this along to members of the Queens College Urban Studies Club. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Valerie Valtz Head of Campus Recruiting The D. E. Shaw Group

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Sept 16: Search and Research
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

Search and Research - Panel Discussion Friday, September 16 | 4pm 515 West 116th Street East Gallery, Buell Hall More information: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/293-search-and-research Search and Research explores the role of research and its different methodologies in a range of creative practices. The panel of architects, artists, designers, educators, and curators will discuss how their own methods of inquiry, search, and research intersect and diverge. The event is held in conjunction with the opening of The Other Architect at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery. The exhibition is organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) and curated by Giovanna Borasi. Amale Andraos is the Dean of Columbia GSAPP and a Founding Principal at WORKac. Kadambari Baxi is a professor of Professional Practice in Architecture at Barnard College. Her research practice revolves around new media and globalization. Giovanna Borasi is Chief Curator at the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the organizer of the exhibition The Other Architect. Matthew Buckingham is the chair of the visual arts program at the School of the Visual arts at Columbia University. Utilizing photography, film, video, audio, writing and drawing, his work questions the role that social memory plays in contemporary life. Michael Meredith is a principal and co-founder, with Hilary Sample, of the New York architecture firm MOS. Their practice is characterized by a playful approach to research and independent exploration of materials and methods. Susan Sellers is a Founding Partner of 2x4 and was Head of Design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She uses design as inquiry to create evocative, informative, and immersive experiences, bridging commercial and cultural realms. Nader Tehrani is the Dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union and principal at the Boston-based architecture firm NADAAA, where design is driven by the search for new forms of knowledge in the performance of buildings.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Sept 16: The Left-Wing of the Possible: How Can the Sanders’ Phenomenon Transform American Politics?
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

The Left-Wing of the Possible: How Can the Sanders’ Phenomenon Transform American Politics? September 16 @ 8:30 am - 10:30 am REGISTER HERE <http://murphyinstitute-theleftwing.eventbrite.com> <http://murphyinstitute-theleftwing.eventbrite.com> Murphy Institute, 18th Floor 25 W. 43rd St. (btw. 5th and 6th Ave) More information: http://murphyinstituteblog.org/cal/the-left-wing-of-the-possible-how-can-th… Amid a volatile and unorthodox presidential season, Senator Bernie Sanders’ supporters have denounced the outsized political and economic power of the corporate elite, and brought socialism back into consideration, especially among young voters. While this platform energized a broad cross-section of the country, it struggled to earn the broader support – especially among African Americans, Latinos, and organized labor – that an enduring movement would require. What will now be required to maintain the momentum and build a movement of the 99 percent? How do supporters build on the progressive message carried through the Sanders Campaign? What are the new possibilities and challenges? What comes next? Speakers: * Steve Cobble, national delegate coordinator for Jesse Jackson for President 1988, political director for the National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; co-founded Progressive Democrats of America, the organization that started the “draft Bernie” effort and the first national organization to endorse Sanders for President * Mark W. Griffith, co-founder and Executive Director of the Brooklyn Movement Center, a New York State Sanders delegate, and long-time community organizer and activist * Bob Master, Legislative and Political Director for CWA District One of the Communications Workers of America, co-chair of the New York State Working Families Party, New Labor Forum author and Murphy Institute student * Nina Turner, former Ohio State Senator, a national surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders, and Chair of Party Engagement at the Ohio Democratic Party The forum is free but registration<http://murphyinstitute-theleftwing.eventbrite.com> is required.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Sept 15: Convenient - New York's Love Affair With Plastics
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

CONVENIENT | New York's Love Affair With Plastics Thursday, September 15 at 6:30 PM Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street) The doors will open at 6 pm. Please note that seating is first come, first served. More information: http://www.mcny.org/event/convenient New Yorkers go through hundreds of millions of plastic shopping bags, coffee cups, take-out clamshells, soda straws, and other single-use items every day - all in the name of convenience. But that short-term convenience comes with long-term costs to the environment and our health. Will measures like the five-cent bag fee starting this fall help break our throwaway habit? Journalist Susan Freinkel, author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (2011), talks about how the rise of plastic helped create a culture of convenience and how to live with the disposables we can't seem to do without. Susan Freinkel is a journalist who has previously written for Discover, Reader's Digest, The New York Times, and Smithsonian, among others. Her first book, American Chestnut, won the 2008 National Outdoor Book Award. Her most recent work, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, was named a Best Book of 2011 by The Boston Globe and has been printed in foreign editions in Australia, China, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan. A brief discussion and Q&A with Cecil Mark-Corbin, Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, to follow. This event is the third and final program in Fast, Cool & Convenient: Meeting New Yorkers' High Demands<http://mcny.org/fastandcool>, our free three-part talk series developed in collaboration with The New York Academy of Medicine and supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities. For more information, click here<http://www.mcny.org/fastandcool>. ________________________________ Tickets Admission is free but advance registration is required. Register<https://35948.blackbaudhosting.com/35948/CONVENIENT>

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