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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Fwd: Summer Job or Internship Opportunity for Students
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 21 May '17

21 May '17

Subject: Summer Jobs for the Environment! Environment New York is hiring students to work on our campaigns this summer in Manhattan. We’re looking for folks that are hard working, good communicators and committed to making positive social change. Click here to apply[fundforthepublicinterest.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fundforthepublicinteres…>. This summer our top campaign is to stop rollbacks of our most critical environmental protections. The President and Congress have stated publicly that they plan to weaken dozen of protections for our air, our water and our public lands. Just recently a member of Congress drafted legislation to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency. The debate is moving quickly and the proposals to roll back our environmental protections are going to keep coming. That's why Environment New York will be urging Senator Schumer and Senator Gillibrand to stand up for the places that we love and the health of the American people. AND to win this campaign we are hiring students across New York to get out into communities and build support for this issue. Over the course of the summer you can expect to make between $4,500-$6,500 ($11-$16/hour) as a full time member of our staff. We also have unpaid internships available for passionate students who can't work with us full time. To apply for the job please use the link Here[fundforthepublicinterest.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fundforthepublicinteres…> and select Manhattan for where you want to work. *To apply for the internship, send your resume and intent to apply to tlaing(a)fundstaff.org <tlaing(a)fundstaff.org> .* Learn more about our campaigns at http://environmentnewyork.org/ home[environmentmassachusetts.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__environmentmassachusett…>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] June 9: Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 15 May '17

15 May '17

Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy a convening held every other year with the goal of strengthening worker-owned businesses and building the movement for workplace democracy. Friday, June 9, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm Fordham University Lincoln Center 150 W 62nd St, New York, NY More info and registration: https://east.usworker.coop/home/ Labor unions are already starting to ally with worker coops both here and around the country. In New York, we've gotten a small boost from the city council coop initiative that is funding consulting for unions interested in worker coops as a way to build unions, build community and build worker power. We understand that this business model can be a tool for strengthening unions and organizing workers. * Cooperatives are a tool to save union jobs. In Chicago the United Electrical Workers helped workers convert an existing factory to create New Era Windows which now operates as a worker cooperative. * Unions help cooperatives create jobs. In Madison, Wisconsin, the South Central Labor Federation advocated for a new city-funded cooperative enterprise development program to help low wage workers start their own worker-owned enterprises. The Federation helped strengthened ties with low income workers and communities of color. * Union investment strengthens unions and cooperatives: The Maine Lobstering Union, a union-coop affiliated with the International Association of Machinists, borrowed $1 million from fellow Machinists locals to help buy a lobster wholesaler. This enables the unionized lobster fishing fleet to better control prices. * Organize new members and unionize new companies: In Denver, CWA Local 7777 helped unorganized taxi drivers form a unionized worker-owned taxi company. The local now has over 1,000 new dues paying members. This is an exciting moment in our alliance. Union-coop activists from the throughout the East Coast will be in New York for this pre conference. We are inviting you to join us. Upon your acceptance we may ask you to speak on a panel or co-facilitate a breakout group. * <https://east.usworker.coop/add-ons/> RSVP for this special event here. * <http://east.usworker.coop/register> Register to attend the gathering for unionists as well as the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy June 9-11 here. * Consider having your union be a sponsor of the Eastern Conference on Workplace Democracy. <https://east.usworker.coop/2017-conference/sponsor/> Sponsor here.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] May 16: Safe at Home? Broken Windows Policing and the Sanctuary City
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 15 May '17

15 May '17

Safe at Home? Broken Windows Policing and the Sanctuary City Tuesday, May 16 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM Institute for Public Knowledge 20 Cooper Square, 2nd Floor More info: http://urbandemos.nyu.edu/event/safe-at-home-broken-windows-policing-and-th… NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to a discussion on sanctuary cities and policing, featuring Oscar Diaz, Dennis Flores, and New York City Council Member Rory I. Lancman. There is a great deal noise and confusion surrounding the issues of "Sanctuary City" and "Broken Windows" policing. This panel aims to help gain some clarity as to both. What does it mean to be a "Sanctuary City" and what is the current mayoral administration doing to make New York a "Sanctuary City"? What is "Broken Windows" policing? What are the specific enforcement strategies and tactics the NYPD utilizes as part of "Broken Windows" and do these tactics effect immigrants particularly? Are there alternatives available? ________________________________ Oscar Diaz is a multimedia journalist, community organizer for ICE-FREE NYC, and queer brown immigrant educator at St. John's University. He can be found documenting communities in resistance and organizing against state-sanctioned violence through an abolitionist lens. His scholarship reflects a critical view between media, globalization, capitalism, and migration patterns. Dennis Flores is a Nuyorican community-based multimedia artist, activist, and educator, born and raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. His work touches on issues related to racial and social justice, youth empowerment, and Afro-Diaspora cultural traditions. Dennis is the co-founder of El Grito de Sunset Park, a grassroots social justice organization that advocates around issues of police accountability, housing rights and youth empowerment. Council Member Rory I. Lancman represents New York City's 24th city council district, where he has lived for more than forty years. Council Member Lancman chairs the council's Committee on Courts & Legal Services, where he has advocated for a civil and criminal justice system that works for all New Yorkers. The committee has held hearings on the city's summons courts, bail reform, access to counsel for immigrant children, the veteran's treatment courts, the indigent defense system and other topics that address the fairness, transparency and efficiency of our legal process. Co-sponsored by the Urban Democracy lab?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Summer 2017 Internship
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 10 May '17

10 May '17

Hi Urban Studies list, Would you inform the urban studies students for the following Summer 2017 Internship at Queens Entrepeneurship Fund (Based at Queens College). This Non-profit is collaborating with the URBST206 Global Cities course. http://www.qefnyc.org/#internship-program Please contact us through the contact form below indicating who you are and your interest in 2-3 internship areas by *May 31st, 2017*. However, candidates who contact us before or on *May 20th**, 2017 *will receive a strong preference. When informing us of what type of internship you are interested in, please list them in order of most desired to least desired. Once you've contacted us, we will contact you in return so you can send us your resume. After we receive your resume, we will contact you for an interview. Interviews will take place on campus. Summer internships will begin early to mid June and end in mid August. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. <http://goog_18547592> http://www.qefnyc.org/#contact-us Thank you, Rafael Balanzo Visiting Lecturer, Urban Studies Department Queens College, CUNY Director Action Without Borders, AWB/UIA 2017-05-10 12:00 GMT-04:00 <urbanstudiescircular-request(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu>: > Send UrbanStudiesCircular mailing list submissions to > urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/urbanstudiescircular > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > urbanstudiescircular-request(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > urbanstudiescircular-owner(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of UrbanStudiesCircular digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fw: PARSONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY! > (urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu) > 2. Two Art/Culture & Gentrification Panels at the Flux Factory > - 5/10 & 5/25 (urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 14:14:49 +0000 > From: urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > To: "urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu" > <urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu> > Subject: [UrbanStudiesCircular] Fw: PARSONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL > EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY! > Message-ID: > <mailman.830.1494347024.1495.urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.c > uny.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Scott Larson, Ph.D > Co-Director and Service Learning Coordinator > Office of Community Studies > Department of Urban Studies > Queens College > > http://qcurban.org/office-of-community-studies/ > https://qc-cuny.academia.edu/ScottLarson > ________________________________ > From: Candice Green <candicegreen(a)childcenterny.org> > Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 11:52 AM > Cc: Talia Banks; Christina Mangra; John Ross Pili > Subject: [SPAM?] PARSONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY! > > > Hello everyone, > > Please see this opportunity below: > > The Child Center of NY's Parsons Community School 2017- 2018 Summer > Enrichment Camp is seeking passionate, highly-motivated, eager to learn > Group Leaders and Activity Specialists to enthusiastically and actively > supervise, engage and develop youth participants in grades ranging from > 4-10. > Candidates with experience, talent and passion teaching specific > activities or theme-based clubs including: literacy, arts, science, > technology, engineering, math, cooking, drama, dance, youth council, > leadership, service-learning or sports are encouraged to apply and > highlight those talents and experiences. > > Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: > ? Actively monitor and engage participants during all program activities, > including pick-up, snack, transitions, field trips, clubs, activities, and > dismissal. > ? Create Project-Based Learning curriculum with lesson plans for each > group session. Utilize curricula and lesson plans to facilitate purposeful > and engaging activities and on-going theme-based projects catered to the > age, stage and interests of participants as well as the needs of the school > community. > ? Assist participants with literacy; encourage academic effort and > efficacy. > ? Collaborate with co-workers and program supervisors around effective > program operations; uphold all safety and emergency standards and > procedures. > ? Always demonstrate professional behavior. Serve as a positive role model > for participants and maintain appropriate and professional boundaries with > participants at all times. > ? Actively participate in training and professional development to > continuously increase knowledge, principles and practices of child and > youth development and actively use this knowledge to achieve the goals of > the program. > ? Promote responsible and healthy decision-making among all participants. > ? Develop leadership skills, team-building, social emotional development > and self-advocacy among all participants. > ? Promote an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment that > embraces diversity. > ? Foster academic and non-academic skills and broaden participant horizons. > ? Maintain accurate daily attendance records for all assigned activities. > > Required Skills/Experience: > ? One year After-school work experience, one full summer camp work > experience, or two years related experience. > ? Interest and experience in youth development and academic enrichment. > ? A genuine enthusiasm for developing professional skills through training > opportunities, observation, coaching, and feedback. > ? Availability to work 10-27 hours per week. Operational hours are > Mondays-Fridays between 1:45pm-6:00pm; 6:00pm - 9:30pm and Saturdays > between 9:45am - 5pm. > ? Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with a broad range > of people including school staff, parents, co-workers and supervisors. > ? Ability to meet School Age Child Care (SACC) requirements and obtain > clearances including: background checks, fingerprinting by NYC Dept of > Health, fingerprinting by NYC Dept of Ed, annual medical clearance and > annual TB test documentation. > ? Ability to effectively manage time and to demonstrate strong > organizational skills. > ? Ability to obtain and submit educational documentation as well as three > letters of reference. > > Location: > Parsons Community School > 158-40 76th Road > Flushing, NY, 11366 > Google Maps<http://maps.google.com/?q=158-40+76th+Road%2C+Flushing% > 2C+NY%2C+11366%2C+us> > Public Transportation: > Bus (Q25 or Q34 via the E train to Jamaica Center (or) Q25 or Q34 via the > F train to Hillside Ave (or) Q46 via the E or F to Union Tpke) > Start/End Date: > As early as June 25th - August 28th (Potential employment opportunity > during the fall school year depending on work performance) > Specific Days Needed: > Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday > Minimum Hours/Week: > 10 hours/week > Maximum Hours/Week: > 27 hours/week > > Interested applicants should send resumes and a cover letter to Talia > Banks at taliabanks(a)childcenterny.org<mailto:taliabanks@childcenterny.org> > and Christina Mangra at christinamangra(a)childcenterny.org. Cover letter > should state why you think you would make a good candidate, including your > specific skills, talents and experiences that would contribute to our team. > Hourly Rate Commensurate with Experience; Internship Opportunities May Be > Available > > Thank you! > > > > Candice Green > > Youth & Family Advocate > > The Child Center of NY > > Parsons Community School > > 158-40 76th Rd. > > Flushing, New York 11366 > > Phone: (718) 820-0760<tel:(718)%20820-0760> > > www.childcenterny.org<http://www.childcenterny.org/> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 16:23:20 +0000 > From: urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > To: "urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu" > <urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu> > Subject: [UrbanStudiesCircular] Two Art/Culture & Gentrification > Panels at the Flux Factory - 5/10 & 5/25 > Message-ID: > <mailman.831.1494347024.1495.urbanstudiescircular(a)lists.qc.c > uny.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Dear friends, > > This May, I am organizing two panels at the Flux Factory in LIC, Queens, > focused on financial stability and cultural equity of art and culture > institutions in NYC, which will also explore the way that neighborhood > location factors into this equation. > > I really hope you will be able to attend one or both panels and > participate in the conversation! > > Art & Community Development Discussion > Wednesday May 10th, 7pm-9pm > Flux Factory Gallery<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flux+Factory/@40. > 7525907,-73.9349629,15z/data=%214m2%213m1%211s0x0:0x1285da12 > d00d6574?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMhJCkxazTAhUr94MKHasoA5IQ_BIIdzAN> > RSVP on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/1275566815896660/?n > otif_t=plan_user_joined&notif_id=1492466552552694> > > Art programming and community development can have a symbiotic or an > adversarial relationship. On one hand, art spaces, from non-commercial > community spaces to for-profit galleries, can be used by real estate > interests to package neighborhoods and hasten gentrification. On the other > hand, art and culture often plays a role in helping communities > self-identify, develop identities, and as an organizing tool against > displacement. In this panel we will explore the messy relationship between > community development, art, and gentrification, as well as the line between > the artist and community member in New York City. Further, we will > brainstorm about potential ways to use art and culture programming and > spaces to mitigate displacement. > > Panelists: > Mei Lum, Wing on Wo & Co (W.O.W) Project > Rosemary Reyes, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation/Department of > Cultural Affairs > Patrick Dougher, Groundswell > Catherine Green, ARTs East New York > > > Who Produces NYC's Culture? > Thursday May 25, 7pm-9pm > Flux Factory Gallery<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flux+Factory/@40. > 7525907,-73.9349629,15z/data=%214m2%213m1%211s0x0:0x1285da12 > d00d6574?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMhJCkxazTAhUr94MKHasoA5IQ_BIIdzAN> > RSVP on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/682315125302971/> > > The life and death of non-commercial art and culture organizations in New > York City today is tied very closely to their ability to negotiate with the > market, both to maintain a physical presence and to sustain long-term > programming. The spaces that ultimately succeed tend to be those that have > access to wealth or the expert knowledge and social networks necessary to > effectively fundraise. This reinforces existing hierarchies by limiting the > ability of marginalized groups to define what New York City's culture will > look like. > > During this panel, we will explore ways in which non-commercial art and > culture organizations can promote equity both through their programming and > through their organizational structure and fundraising, while surviving in > a world of decreasing resources and in NYC. > > Panelists: > Taja Cheek, PS1 > No? Gayt?n, Michelada Think Tank > Ali Rosa-Salas, Independent curator > Risa Shoup, Spaceworks > Antonio Serna, artists of color bloc > > > ------ > > Oksana Mironova > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > UrbanStudiesCircular mailing list > UrbanStudiesCircular(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu > https://lists.qc.cuny.edu/mailman/listinfo/urbanstudiescircular > > > ------------------------------ > > End of UrbanStudiesCircular Digest, Vol 3, Issue 33 > *************************************************** >

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Two Art/Culture & Gentrification Panels at the Flux Factory - 5/10 & 5/25
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 09 May '17

09 May '17

Dear friends, This May, I am organizing two panels at the Flux Factory in LIC, Queens, focused on financial stability and cultural equity of art and culture institutions in NYC, which will also explore the way that neighborhood location factors into this equation. I really hope you will be able to attend one or both panels and participate in the conversation! Art & Community Development Discussion Wednesday May 10th, 7pm-9pm Flux Factory Gallery<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flux+Factory/@40.7525907,-73.9349629,15z/…> RSVP on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/1275566815896660/?notif_t=plan_user_joined&…> Art programming and community development can have a symbiotic or an adversarial relationship. On one hand, art spaces, from non-commercial community spaces to for-profit galleries, can be used by real estate interests to package neighborhoods and hasten gentrification. On the other hand, art and culture often plays a role in helping communities self-identify, develop identities, and as an organizing tool against displacement. In this panel we will explore the messy relationship between community development, art, and gentrification, as well as the line between the artist and community member in New York City. Further, we will brainstorm about potential ways to use art and culture programming and spaces to mitigate displacement. Panelists: Mei Lum, Wing on Wo & Co (W.O.W) Project Rosemary Reyes, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation/Department of Cultural Affairs Patrick Dougher, Groundswell Catherine Green, ARTs East New York Who Produces NYC's Culture? Thursday May 25, 7pm-9pm Flux Factory Gallery<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flux+Factory/@40.7525907,-73.9349629,15z/…> RSVP on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/682315125302971/> The life and death of non-commercial art and culture organizations in New York City today is tied very closely to their ability to negotiate with the market, both to maintain a physical presence and to sustain long-term programming. The spaces that ultimately succeed tend to be those that have access to wealth or the expert knowledge and social networks necessary to effectively fundraise. This reinforces existing hierarchies by limiting the ability of marginalized groups to define what New York City's culture will look like. During this panel, we will explore ways in which non-commercial art and culture organizations can promote equity both through their programming and through their organizational structure and fundraising, while surviving in a world of decreasing resources and in NYC. Panelists: Taja Cheek, PS1 Noé Gaytán, Michelada Think Tank Ali Rosa-Salas, Independent curator Risa Shoup, Spaceworks Antonio Serna, artists of color bloc ------ Oksana Mironova

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Fw: PARSONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY!
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 09 May '17

09 May '17

Scott Larson, Ph.D Co-Director and Service Learning Coordinator Office of Community Studies Department of Urban Studies Queens College http://qcurban.org/office-of-community-studies/ https://qc-cuny.academia.edu/ScottLarson ________________________________ From: Candice Green <candicegreen(a)childcenterny.org> Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 11:52 AM Cc: Talia Banks; Christina Mangra; John Ross Pili Subject: [SPAM?] PARSONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY! Hello everyone, Please see this opportunity below: The Child Center of NY's Parsons Community School 2017- 2018 Summer Enrichment Camp is seeking passionate, highly-motivated, eager to learn Group Leaders and Activity Specialists to enthusiastically and actively supervise, engage and develop youth participants in grades ranging from 4-10. Candidates with experience, talent and passion teaching specific activities or theme-based clubs including: literacy, arts, science, technology, engineering, math, cooking, drama, dance, youth council, leadership, service-learning or sports are encouraged to apply and highlight those talents and experiences. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: · Actively monitor and engage participants during all program activities, including pick-up, snack, transitions, field trips, clubs, activities, and dismissal. · Create Project-Based Learning curriculum with lesson plans for each group session. Utilize curricula and lesson plans to facilitate purposeful and engaging activities and on-going theme-based projects catered to the age, stage and interests of participants as well as the needs of the school community. · Assist participants with literacy; encourage academic effort and efficacy. · Collaborate with co-workers and program supervisors around effective program operations; uphold all safety and emergency standards and procedures. · Always demonstrate professional behavior. Serve as a positive role model for participants and maintain appropriate and professional boundaries with participants at all times. · Actively participate in training and professional development to continuously increase knowledge, principles and practices of child and youth development and actively use this knowledge to achieve the goals of the program. · Promote responsible and healthy decision-making among all participants. · Develop leadership skills, team-building, social emotional development and self-advocacy among all participants. · Promote an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment that embraces diversity. · Foster academic and non-academic skills and broaden participant horizons. · Maintain accurate daily attendance records for all assigned activities. Required Skills/Experience: · One year After-school work experience, one full summer camp work experience, or two years related experience. · Interest and experience in youth development and academic enrichment. · A genuine enthusiasm for developing professional skills through training opportunities, observation, coaching, and feedback. · Availability to work 10-27 hours per week. Operational hours are Mondays-Fridays between 1:45pm-6:00pm; 6:00pm - 9:30pm and Saturdays between 9:45am - 5pm. · Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with a broad range of people including school staff, parents, co-workers and supervisors. · Ability to meet School Age Child Care (SACC) requirements and obtain clearances including: background checks, fingerprinting by NYC Dept of Health, fingerprinting by NYC Dept of Ed, annual medical clearance and annual TB test documentation. · Ability to effectively manage time and to demonstrate strong organizational skills. · Ability to obtain and submit educational documentation as well as three letters of reference. Location: Parsons Community School 158-40 76th Road Flushing, NY, 11366 Google Maps<http://maps.google.com/?q=158-40+76th+Road%2C+Flushing%2C+NY%2C+11366%2C+us> Public Transportation: Bus (Q25 or Q34 via the E train to Jamaica Center (or) Q25 or Q34 via the F train to Hillside Ave (or) Q46 via the E or F to Union Tpke) Start/End Date: As early as June 25th - August 28th (Potential employment opportunity during the fall school year depending on work performance) Specific Days Needed: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Minimum Hours/Week: 10 hours/week Maximum Hours/Week: 27 hours/week Interested applicants should send resumes and a cover letter to Talia Banks at taliabanks(a)childcenterny.org<mailto:taliabanks@childcenterny.org> and Christina Mangra at christinamangra(a)childcenterny.org. Cover letter should state why you think you would make a good candidate, including your specific skills, talents and experiences that would contribute to our team. Hourly Rate Commensurate with Experience; Internship Opportunities May Be Available Thank you! Candice Green Youth & Family Advocate The Child Center of NY Parsons Community School 158-40 76th Rd. Flushing, New York 11366 Phone: (718) 820-0760<tel:(718)%20820-0760> www.childcenterny.org<http://www.childcenterny.org/>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Urban/Environmental Studies Service Learning Internship Poster Session!
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 06 May '17

06 May '17

Students, faculty, staff, and community partners are all invited to view students' service learning projects and to learn about the wide variety of internships held by Urban and Environmental Studies graduating seniors (A list of internship partners can be found below) When: Wednesday, May 17th, 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. Where: Science Building Atrium (lower level), Queens College Refreshments will be served! Sponsored by the Horace and Amy Hagedorn Foundation, Urban/Environmental Studies service learning internships are designed to combine career development opportunities with in-depth learning. Interns work with public service agencies in urban or environmental fields, while also attending a seminar that links their field experiences to urban and environmental scholarship. Internships include a stipend to offset travel/transportation expenses and any reduction in part time work hours. List of Internship Partners: U.S. EPA NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection NYC City Councilmember Costa Constantinides (Chair, Environmental Protection Committee) Sustainable Long Island Battery Park Gardens Conservancy Queens Botanical Gardens New York Environmental Law and Justice Project Queens Borough President Melinda Katz's Office City Councilman Daniel Dromm's Office Queens Historical Society Queens Community House Latin Women in Action Woodside on the Move

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] May 8: #CLOSErikers and #FREEAMERICA: The Power of the People
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 05 May '17

05 May '17

#CLOSErikers and #FREEAMERICA: The Power of the People Monday, May 8 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM The New School John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100 More info: https://events.newschool.edu/event/closerikers_and_freeamerica_the_power_of… Join JustLeadershipUSA<https://www.justleadershipusa.org/> and John Legend<http://www.johnlegend.com/> for a panel discussion that examines the success of the #CLOSErikers campaign and the next steps in the fight to end mass incarceration. JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA), is a non-profit based in East Harlem dedicated to cutting the US correctional population in #halfby2030. Mass incarceration is the most significant domestic threat to the fabric of our democracy. Through targeted advocacy, strengthening leadership and membership support, JLUSA believes a decarcerated America is possible. JLUSA leads the #CLOSErikers campaign, which recently secured a commitment from Mayor Bill de Blasio to shutter all facilities on Rikers Island within 10 years. #FREEAMERICA is a multi-year culture campaign initiated by John Legend to change the national conversation about our country's misguided policies and transform America's criminal justice system.?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] May 26: New Territories, “#postdigitalBetrayALL”
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 05 May '17

05 May '17

Lecture: #postdigitalBetrayALL by New Territories Friday, May 26 | 7:00 PM e-flux 311 E Broadway More info: http://www.e-flux.com/program/2017 Join us at e-flux on Friday, May 26 at 7pm for the lecture “#postdigitalBetrayALL” by New Territories, who has delegated her/his personal secretary François Roche to be her/his voice. While we’re comfortably fighting against the de-humanized status of immigrants in the Schengen countries, against the Wizard of Oz in the Oval Office and the illusory fair of data leaks, we architects are never fighting—as far as architectural processes are concerned—the political regimes we naively support or pretend to ignore when they hire us. Instead, we are erasing, as a new version of tabula rasa, the condition and situation of architectural commissioning. As architects, we actively participate in this masquerade of world economy, the new world order where deterritorialized, jiggering façades are used to create diversions and cover up the scenes of the crimes. Post-humanism is not a blank check for deterritorialized techno-libertarian orphans. It is not only a graft for performative prosthesis, but also the re-articulation of bio-political social organization through the synchronicities and contingencies between fabrication and fiction. Do we need to pull back the curtain and reveal that architecture is consubstantial to zones of conflict that cannot be metabolized by sympathetic moralism or the techno parade? Should we suspect that today’s digital fireman art is a lure, and propose, following Auguste Blanqui, a user’s guide to the digital barricades to "betray" the elegance of neo-positivist decor and merchandising for a "something-somewhere" that doesn’t abolish the risk of being in this world? New-Territories is a polymorphous architecture organization. Founded in 1993, it has embraced different labels, names, strategies and purposes. New-Territories is fronted by the androgynous avatar S/he, who has authorized François Roche to write, talk, and teach on his/her behalf as a PS/personal secretary. New-Territories seeks to articulate real and/or fictional geographic situations and the narrative structures that can transform them by using technology to exploit the physiology and psychology of both robotic and human natures. For more information, contact program(a)e-flux.com.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] May 8: Launch of Displacements: Architecture and Refugee by Andrew Herscher
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 05 May '17

05 May '17

Book Launch of Displacements: Architecture and Refugee by Andrew Herscher? Monday, May 8 | 7:00 PM e-flux 311 E Broadway More info: http://www.e-flux.com/program/2017 Join us at e-flux on Monday, May 8, at 7pm for the launch of Displacements: Architecture and Refugee by Andrew Herscher published by Sternberg Press. The event will feature a panel discussion with Andrew Herscher, Sandi Hilal, Reinhold Martin, Alessandro Petti, moderated by e-flux Architecture editor Nikolaus Hirsch. In architectural history, just as in global politics, refugees have tended to exist as mere human surplus; histories of architecture, then, have usually reproduced the nation-state's exclusion of refugees as people out of place. Andrew Herscher's Displacements: Architecture and Refugee, the ninth book in the Critical Spatial Practice series (edited by Nikolaus Hirsch & Markus Miessen), examines some of the usually disavowed but arguably decisive intersections of mass-population displacement and architecture-an art and technology of population placement-through the twentieth century and into the present. Posing the refugee as the preeminent collective political subject of our time, Displacements attempts to open up an architectural history of the refugee that could refract on the history of architecture and the history of the refugee alike. Andrew Herscher Displacements: Architecture and Refugee Critical Spatial Practice 9 Edited by Nikolaus Hirsch, Markus Miessen | Featuring artwork by Omer Fast Design by Zak Group Sternberg Press, May 2017 English, 10.5 x 15 cm, 156 pages, 26 b/w and 5 color ill., softcover with dust jacket Andrew Herscher is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan with appointments in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Department of Art History. His publications include Violence Taking Place: The Architecture of the Kosovo Conflict (Stanford University Press, 2010), The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit (University of Michigan Press, 2012), and, coedited with Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi, Spatial Violence (Routledge, 2016). For more information, contact program [?at?] e-flux.com<http://www.e-flux.com/program/2017#>.

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