The
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
College
of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Alumni
Association
DATE
Tuesday,
March 9, 2004
TIME
Registration starting at 5:30pm, panel
discussion beginning at 6pm,
followed by question and answer session
LOCATION
South
Loop School Auditorium
1212
South Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60605
MODERATOR:
David O. Stovall, Assistant
Professor, Policy Studies, UIC College
of Education; Faculty Fellow, UIC Institute for Research on
Race and
Public Policy
PANELISTS:
Pauline Lipman, Associate
Professor,
Social and Cultural Foundations of Education, DePaul University; Director
of the
DePaul University Institute for Teacher Development and Research
Celia Gonzalez Lozano, Project Director,
Telpochcalli Community Education Project
Stanley Merriwether, Chief
of Staff, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
Janet Smith, Assistant
Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, UIC College of Urban Planning
and Public
Affairs; Faculty Affiliate to the UIC Nathalie P. Voorhees
Center for
Neighborhood and Community Improvement
DESCRIPTION
Chicago’s
neighborhoods are experiencing dramatic change. The Chicago Housing
Authority
Transformation Plan, non-profit and private redevelopment,
redevelopment
spurred by Tax Increment Financing, and continuing gentrification are
all
having profound impacts on land use patterns, population density,
community
demographics, and our schools. School
planning and community development need to be fully integrated, taking
into
account school populations, design, siting, sizing, overcrowding
relief, and
future life of school facilities.
Schools are anchors and
hubs of community life, vital
public assets for our families and
neighborhoods. One size will not fit
all when it comes to planning our schools in the context of our
communities. An open and strategic
planning process is needed to assure solutions that meet all of our
communities’ diverse needs.
The panel will address these issues of changing communities and changing schools and how planners, public administrators, and the community can plan for schools as a tool of true community revitalization and improvement of quality of life in all neighborhoods.
Registration
Fee:
Students-$3
Alumni Association
members*-$5
Other-$10
*Current
members of the CUPPA Alumni Association. Non-members
who join while registering for
the event receive a special discount on admission, Please call or
e-mail for
details
For more
information or
to register,
please
contact Cathy
Sanders at csande4@uic.edu or
312.996.2161.
This is the first panel
discussion in the three-part CUPPA
Alumni Association Annual Spring Speaker Series. Subsequent
panels will be held on March 30 (Improving the
Environment) and April 20 (Better Development) at the Prairie Avenue
Bookshop
(418 South Wabash).
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