Weiss Urban Livability Symposium

The Weiss Urban Livability Symposium
Sponsored by the Graduate School

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY ACTIVISM THROUGH ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP

Date: Thursday, March 18
Time: 5:30 -- 7:30pm
Location: Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium in the School of Social Work, Pittsboro St., Carolina Campus

Symposium information: This Weiss Urban Livability Symposium brings together a group of university scholars and community professionals to discuss social, economic, and environmental issues of significance to North Carolina and how they engage those issues to solve problems in their communities. Panelists will share how they build relationships between academia and local communities to effect positive change and foster social justice.

Panelists:

* Altha Cravey, Professor of Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill
* Allan Parnell, UNC-Chapel Hill and Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities
* Gene Nichol, Professor of Law, Director of the UNC and Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at UNC
* Gary Keuber, Durham urban activist and blogger, "Endangered Durham"
* Tes Thraves, Center for Environmental Farming Services: The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)

Moderator: Donald Nonini, Professor of Anthropology, UNC.

Please refer to the attached save-the-date and check online
urbanlivability.org for more information and updates. Email questions or
rsvp to urbanlivability@unc.edu .