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MPC: Striving for Equitable Growth @AU_SPA @AmericanU

Join us next week! MPC’s first Urban Speaker Series event of the semester will feature Dr. Willow Lung-Amam discussing her latest book, The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge. Register at american-spa.swoogo.com/right-to-subur…

MPC's first Urban Speaker Series event of the semester will feature Dr. Willow Lung-Amam, who will discuss her latest book, The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge. Register at american-spa.swoogo.com/right-to-subur…

MPC Director Derek Hyra is kicking off Fall term with a panel discussion tomorrow (8/26) about the effects of historic housing inequalities on communities of color. This event hosted by @UPOinDC at the Watha T. Daniel Neighborhood Library in DC. RSVP at bit.ly/3V4I60U

Dr. Deirdre Oakley visited MPC last week to share her work on public housing tenant organizing and resistance in Atlanta. Thank you Dr. Oakley!

MPC team members are looking forward to presenting at Urban Affairs Association's International Conference on Urban Affairs in Vancouver next month! MPC Director Derek Hyra will discuss his recent book and MPC PhD Candidate Chris Campbell will present new research. See you there!

Panel on immigration policies and their effects on communities and the economy. Thanks to all the panelists and co-sponsors. You can register here: f.mtr.cool/eoksplvnnh

Really looking forward to this talk & conversation w/@gdmusgrove & @PNicoleking at the end of next month. If you are in #Baltimore, come thru. @UMBC @MPC_AU @AU_SPA @ucpress

Georgia State Professor of Sociology Dr. Deirdre Oakley will join MPC on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30 pm (in AU Watkins Building room 106) to discuss HOPE VI and public housing tenant activism in Atlanta, GA. RSVP at american-spa.swoogo.com/MPC

Join us on March 25th at 5:30 pm to hear from Dr. Deirdre Oakley about public housing and tenant activism in Atlanta! Register online now at american-spa.swoogo.com/MPC

Check out this lecture on Feb 20 by faculty fellow Jordanna Matlon presented by @DCSociSociety and @sociology_u : The Long Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism. Register now at dcsociologicalsociety.org/event-6028433

MPC Director Derek Hyra will be at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies on Thursday, December 12 to discuss his new book, Slow and Sudden Violence, and the connections between urban renewal, police repression, and unrest in America. hca.uni-heidelberg.de/index_en.html

THIS WEEK: On Wed. Nov 13, Derek Hyra will be at @SeminaryCoop in Chicago to discuss his new book, Slow and Sudden Violence, in conversation with John Major Eason, associate professor of sociology and international and public affairs at Brown University. semcoop.com/event/derek-hy…

Congratulations to MPC team member Chris Campbell, who gave an outstanding presentation on the impact of rent stabilization intensity on housing affordability and community stability in cities in California!

Join MPC and @WIPARatAU on Wed Nov 6th for the first Ideas Lab of the semester! Chris Campbell, David Schwegman and Derek Hyra will present their research, "Community-level Impacts of Rent Stabilization Intensity in California Cities, 2010-2019." tr.ee/oh0qvfLzKm

THIS WEEK: On Friday (11/1), Derek Hyra will be discussing his new book, Slow and Sudden Violence, with Mark Davidson as part of a book symposium hosted by the Boston University Initiative on Cities. Learn more at bu.edu/ioc/2024/10/01…

Thank you to those who attended our panel yesterday evening! We had a great discussion with panelists about urban policy in Chicago and its lessons for DC and beyond.

We hope to see you there! You can RSVP for the event at american.swoogo.com/MPCchicago

Tomorrow, October 22nd at 5:30 pm we will welcome professors Gordon Mantler, Xolela Mangcu, and Greg Squires for a discussion titled "What Does Chicago Teach Us About Urban Politics In DC and Beyond?" in Kerwin Hall, Room 301.

Harold Washington, Chicago's first Black mayor, left behind a powerful legacy that continues to offer valuable insights into the meaning of progressive urban politics, both for the city of Chicago and for the nation as a whole.

Thanks to all those who joined us yesterday at the presentation of "Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration" by @DrErnestoCast and @Daniel Jenks @PoliticsProse  The video is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=jbjF7K…