Friday Morning Seminars - Fall 2008
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | CURL Welcome and Overview of CURL Projects | |
| Sep 5 | The Graying of Chicago鈥檚 Homeless | Christine George, Assistant Research Professor, Dennis Watson, Graduate Fellow, CURL, 草莓社区, and Nancy Radner, CEO, Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness |
| Sep 12 | Broad-Based Organizing 鈥� Power, Values, and Strengths | Lina Jamoul, Senior Policy Analyst, CURL, 草莓社区 and Organizer, Industrial Areas Foundation |
| Sep 19 | No Seminar | |
| Sep 26 | Pedagogies of Global Engagements: The Chiapas and Manilla Lessons for Community Engagement and Academic Social Responsibility | Marco Tavanti, Associate Director and Assistant Professor, Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University Presentation |
| Oct 3 | The New Battle: Dr. King and the Chicago Freedom Movement | Seth McClellan, Media Producer, Thorncreek Productions |
| Oct 10 | Lost Bullets: Fetishes of Urban Violence in Brazil | Ben Penglase, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Latin American Studies, 草莓社区 |
| Oct 17 | Connecting Youth in the Child Welfare System to Community-Based Institutional Assets. | Scott Leon, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology and CURL Faculty Fellow, 草莓社区 |
| Oct 24 | Another World Is Possible: Government, Innovation, and a New Progressive Agenda | Fred Block, Professor of Sociology, University of California 鈥� Davis |
| Oct 31 | The DREAM Act: Undocumented Students and the Struggle for Change | Maria Guzman, Senior Researcher, CURL, 草莓社区 Presentation |
| Nov 7 | The 2008 Presidential Election: Results and Reflections | Jan Czarnik, League of Women Voters, Chicago, IL. |
| Nov 14 | Chicago鈥檚 Obesity Epidemic and the CLOCC Approach | Reverend James Kenady, Lead Community Liaison, CLOCC 鈥� the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children |
| Nov 21 | The Anatomy of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis | Philip Ashton, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois-Chicago |
| Nov 28 | No Seminar. Happy Thanksgiving! | |
| Dec 5 | Post-Welfare Politics in the Philadelphia Recovery House Movement | Robert Fairbanks II, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, University of Chicago |
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | CURL Welcome and Overview of CURL Projects | |
| Sep 5 | The Graying of Chicago鈥檚 Homeless | Christine George, Assistant Research Professor, Dennis Watson, Graduate Fellow, CURL, 草莓社区, and Nancy Radner, CEO, Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness |
| Sep 12 | Broad-Based Organizing 鈥� Power, Values, and Strengths | Lina Jamoul, Senior Policy Analyst, CURL, 草莓社区 and Organizer, Industrial Areas Foundation |
| Sep 19 | No Seminar | |
| Sep 26 | Pedagogies of Global Engagements: The Chiapas and Manilla Lessons for Community Engagement and Academic Social Responsibility | Marco Tavanti, Associate Director and Assistant Professor, Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University Presentation |
| Oct 3 | The New Battle: Dr. King and the Chicago Freedom Movement | Seth McClellan, Media Producer, Thorncreek Productions |
| Oct 10 | Lost Bullets: Fetishes of Urban Violence in Brazil | Ben Penglase, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Latin American Studies, 草莓社区 |
| Oct 17 | Connecting Youth in the Child Welfare System to Community-Based Institutional Assets. | Scott Leon, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology and CURL Faculty Fellow, 草莓社区 |
| Oct 24 | Another World Is Possible: Government, Innovation, and a New Progressive Agenda | Fred Block, Professor of Sociology, University of California 鈥� Davis |
| Oct 31 | The DREAM Act: Undocumented Students and the Struggle for Change | Maria Guzman, Senior Researcher, CURL, 草莓社区 Presentation |
| Nov 7 | The 2008 Presidential Election: Results and Reflections | Jan Czarnik, League of Women Voters, Chicago, IL. |
| Nov 14 | Chicago鈥檚 Obesity Epidemic and the CLOCC Approach | Reverend James Kenady, Lead Community Liaison, CLOCC 鈥� the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children |
| Nov 21 | The Anatomy of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis | Philip Ashton, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois-Chicago |
| Nov 28 | No Seminar. Happy Thanksgiving! | |
| Dec 5 | Post-Welfare Politics in the Philadelphia Recovery House Movement | Robert Fairbanks II, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, University of Chicago |