The City Revisited: Community and Community Action in the 21st Century
Symposium Agenda
Friday, May 8, 2009
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
First Session
Community Change and the Urban Landscape: Historical Processes and Contemporary Trends
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Topics and Speakers:
The Changing Face of the City: Immigration, Mobility and Demographic Change
Virginia Parks, University of Chicago
The Changing Economic Landscape: Major Dynamics and Current Circumstance
Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago
Community and Social Action over the Century: Practices, Policies, and Orientations
Robert Chaskin, University of Chicago
Discussants:
D. Garth Taylor, Metro Chicago Information Center (MCIC)
Ricardo Estrada, Erie Neighborhood House
Craig Howard, MacArthur Foundation
BREAK
11:00 a.m.
Second Session
Policy Initiatives: Mobility, Community Development, and Community Change in Chicago
11:15am-1:15pm
Topics and Speakers include:
Poverty, Public Housing, and Community Change
Mary Pattillo, Northwestern University
Neighborhood Mobility and Neighborhood Effects: Moving to Opportunity in Chicago
Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago
Community Intermediaries, Philanthropy, and Community Development: Learning from the New Communities Program
David Micah Greenberg, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
Discussants:
Clarence N. Wood, Hull House Association
Alexander Polikoff, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI)
Joel Bookman, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago
LUNCH
1:15 - 2.30 p.m.
Third Session
Grassroots Efforts and Community Responses
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Topics and Speakers:
Investment or Invasion: Community Responses to Big-Box Commercial Development in Chicago
Dorian T. Warren, Columbia University
Neighborhood Development, Gentrification, and Responses to Neighborhood Change
Janet L. Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago
Hometown Associations: Community Connection and Action across Borders
Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro, University of Chicago
Discussants:
Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Alderman, 4th Ward
Matt McDermott, United Power for Action & Justice
Nancy Aardema, Logan Square Neighborhood Association
CLOSING Remarks
4:30 - 4.40 p.m.
Reception
4:40 - 5.30 p.m.
