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From Iran to Colombia to New York, October at the Urban Democracy Lab is about nation-changing movements across the globe and the tactics we adopt to achieve social change in our own backyards. Please visit our web site at urbandemos.nyu.edu<http://urbandemos.nyu.edu> for information on all of our October events. Here are some highlights.

[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74/images/532173b5-ee37...] The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid, Film Screening and Panel Discussion October 14, 2015 ▪ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1 Washington Place @ B'way The documentary The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid (Ali Mirsepassi & Hamed Yousefi, 2015) explores the life and thought of Iranian philosopher Ahmad Fardid in his intellectual crusade to halt rising western influence in Iran. The self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, Fardid constructed a “mystical” and “spiritual” political philosophy that undertook to deliver Iran from the culturally “debasing” and spiritually “dehumanizing” experience of Iranian modernity. Under the conspicuous influence of German philosopher Martin Heidegger, Fardid called for the recovery of modern Iran to its Islamic roots, a project fueled by his concept of Ghabzadegi (“Westoxification”)— which would quickly become a buzzword in the Iranian critique of the modern, secular West. The film features extensive interviews with Fardid’s former colleagues, associates, students, as well as scholars of modern Iran, and uses rare and previously inaccessible footage of Fardid’s debates featured on Iranian television. Screening followed by a panel discussion with: Ali Mirsepassi<http://nyu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=aae7f95ec0&e=e607cdd3c7>, Professor, Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies, NYU Gallatin; Richard Wolin<http://nyu.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=d156f49a26&e=e607cdd3c7>, Distinguished Professor, History, The Graduate Center, CUNY; Andrew Arato<http://nyu.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=20fd7b621e&e=e607cdd3c7>, Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory, The New School; Asef Bayat<http://nyu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=b48c9bcbea&e=e607cdd3c7>, Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies, Sociology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champagne) RSVP HERE<http://nyu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=f382effb8f&e=e607cdd3c7> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74/images/dbed45fd-c2d8...] Life is Sacred, Screening and Discussion with Antanas Mockus October 20, 2015 ▪ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1 Washington Place @ B'way In Andreas Dalsgaard’s 2014 documentary, Life is Sacred, a young woman named Katherine, inspired by the possibility of ushering Colombia out of decades of conflict and corruption, campaigns on behalf of presidential candidate Antanas Mockus. Mockus, a mathematician and philosopher, had been Mayor of Colombia’s capital, Bogota, from 1995 to 1997 and 2001 to 2003. During that time, the murder rate in Bogota fell 70%, 63,000 people opted into a voluntary taxation system, and Bogota citizens learned the power of play and humor to solve the city’s most stubborn problems. Katherine was a child when Mockus was mayor of her hometown, but during his presidential run in 2010, she was an energetic 22-year-old leading thousands in support of his candidacy. This is the story of Katherine’s determination and of Mockus’s faith in a just and peaceful Colombian future. This screening will be followed by a 20 minute Q&A with Antanas Mockus. RSVP HERE<http://nyu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=9e3ca7ae08&e=e607cdd3c7> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74/images/b08374dc-bf3e...] Partnering for Impact: Finding and Forging Successful Community Partnerships to Achieve Social Change October 30, 2015 ▪ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor Conference Room This workshop will help participants understand how to effectively identify project needs and successfully develop collaborations with community-based partners. The Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, the Center for Urban Pedagogy, and Hester Street Collaborative will share case studies from their own work using the “resource ally” model in which their work — developing research, policy, popular education tools, community planning and design support — is driven by the needs of community partners. We will explore what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to partnering with grassroots organizations; help participants to identify authentic, community-driven need for social impact projects; understand how to analyze the landscape of an issue you are interested in; and explore what effective partnerships looks like. Workshop Leaders: Alexa Kasdan, Director of Research and Policy, Community Development Project, Urban Justice Center<http://nyu.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=ed9c688d23&e=e607cdd3c7> Christine Gaspar, Executive Director, Center for Urban Pedagogy<http://nyu.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=c101caefe0&e=e607cdd3c7> Dylan House, Community Design Director, Hester Street Collaborative<http://nyu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=51eba9be49&e=e607cdd3c7> RSVP HERE<http://nyu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d7e07141852d3e3ca4d58dd74&id=540153bf7e&e=e607cdd3c7> Copyright © 2015 Urban Democracy Lab, All rights reserved. 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