URBAN
URBAN Newsletter – Summer 2017
The URBAN newsletter is now available here, and it includes updates about national URBAN events and node activities during the Spring / Summer of 2017.
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URBAN Newsletter – Winter 2017
URBAN Newsletter – Winter 2017 The URBAN newsletter is now available here, and it includes updates about national URBAN events and node activities during the Winter of 2017.
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New URBAN Co-Chairs and National Planning Team members
New URBAN Co-Chairs and National Planning Team members
With the transition of Professors Calderón and Cunningham away from their roles as national co-chairs, we are pleased to announce that Álvaro Huerta, Tim K. Eatman, Ana Antunes, and Julio Cammarota are the new URBAN Co-Chairs.
Education
URBAN Webinar on Critical Participatory Research (CPAR)
The URBAN Network invites you for its first Webinar on Critical Participatory Research (CPAR) When: February 3, 1:00 PM (MST) Who: Ana Antunes, University of Utah Julio Cammarota, Iowa State University Ben Kirschner, University of Colorado Chereta Madison, University of Colorado Maria Torre, City University of New York What: The Read more…
Opportunities
Metropolitics Call for Papers
On Our Own: Protecting and Developing Social Housing in the Trump Era In response to a tense post-election moment in the US, the Metropolitics editorial committee has initiated Rapid-Response Peer Review, with a commitment to quickly reviewing and publishing articles that examine organizing and activism around crucial urban issues. Our Read more…
Local Nodes
URBAN Philadelphia – community conversation about public education in our city
The recent election and subsequent cabinet level nominations, especially in education, are cause for alarm on many levels. As members of URBAN Philadelphia, we want to provide the space for educators, parents, and concerned residents to engage in conversation about how we can collectively address the challenges that are in store for public education in our city. Please see information on this event below. We hope to see you there. (more…)
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Post-election letter reaffirming URBAN core values
Dear Colleagues, As a network of scholars and activists who link university and community resources in the service of community engaged research, action, and social change, URBAN knows that in this critical moment, we must speak to and fight back against voter suppression and civil rights violations, as well as Read more…
Boston
URBAN Newsletter – Summer 2016
The URBAN newsletter is now available here, and it includes updates about national URBAN events and node activities during the 2015 – 2016 academic year.
Boston
URBAN Gathers for Third National Meeting: “Critical Solidarities and Multi-Scalar Powers”
Urban Research-Based Action Network (URBAN) Gathers for Third National Meeting at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
On Thursday, March 31st and Friday, April 1st, nearly one hundred scholars, activists, and artists gathered for the third national URBAN conference at the CUNY Graduate Center: Critical Solidarities and Multi-Scalar Powers. (more…)
Education
Education Node at AERA and Leadership Change
The Education node included a lineup of AERA events in the program this year in Washington D.C.. Thank you to all who presented, chaired, discussed, mentored, attended, and otherwise contributed to the sessions. It was a very rich series, with a powerful Presidential session, a well-attended fireside chat, a couple of inspiring off-site events, where we learned from local community activists and school administrators, and several substantive and generative roundtables and symposia. We again extend our warm congratulations to Researchers for Fair Policing, represented by Brett Stoudt, Darian X, and Caitlin Cahill, who received the inaugural Truth to Power Award for Excellence in Collaborative Research at our business meeting. Thank you to all who participated! (more…)