Global Cities, Local Neighborhoods in Displacement, Migration, and Promise

Please join the Urban Sustainability Laboratory and the Education Policy Program and the Center of Education Policy and Evaluation in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University for the first in a set of seminars to discuss equity and justice challenges that confront our cities and neighborhoods.

By addressing critical issues that face our urbanized world, the seminars seek to both advance public understanding about the significance and future of our world’s cities and to create more sustainable, equitable, and peaceful cities through research and policy.

On April 4, a panel of experts will examine key issues facing neighborhoods and communities in transition in the United States.  From Ferguson to Baltimore, Chicago to Los Angeles, cities and neighborhoods are experiencing transition to larger processes of urban renewal, gentrification, and marginalization, while at the same time under pressure from an intersection of housing, social welfare, education, and political forces within and beyond this country. Panelists will identify solutions and offer a vision for American cities, especially in an increasingly stratified world.

Speakers:
Leon Andrews, Race, Equity, and Leadership Initiative, National League of Cities
Johanna Bockman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University
Michelle Chatman, Department of Crime, Justice, and Security Studies, University of the District of Columbia
Sonya Horsford, Teachers College, Columbia University
Derek Hyra, Metropolitan Policy Center, American University

Moderator: 
Rodney Hopson, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University

This meeting has been made possible with generous support from the American Anthropological Association, the Metropolitan Policy Center, American University, and the National Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights.