Prof. john a. powell: Beyond the Post-Industrial City

A 2006 lecture at Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, exploring the interwoven relationships of race, economics and opportunity in US cities and regions. Prof. powell was invited to give the inaugural lecture in honor of housing rights pioneer Ethel Lawrence.

 

 

Prof. john a. powell, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, at Ohio State University.

  

New Voices on Opportunity and Inclusion  -- 1 hr. Video

Harold Channer interviews Alan Jenkins and Maya Wiley
August 11, 2006

First shown on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, New York City
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Alan Jenkins, Civil Rights Lawyer and Advocate
Co-Founder and Director, The Opportunity Agenda

 

Maya Wiley, Civil Rights Lawyer and Advocate
Founder and Director, Center for Social Inclusion

 

 

Carl Anthony on Cosmology and Race  -- 1 hr. Audio

Keynote Presentation delivered April 1, 2006, in New York City
at the Annual Meeting of the American Tielhard Association

 

 

The inner-city, urban landscape provides the context for reflections by this major American intellectual on the nearness of cosmology. Carl Anthony's reading of Thomas Berry's Dream of the Earth expanded his orientation toward his own story. He shares the experience of this reading and discusses the implications for environmental justice and urban development.

   

  

Advancing Regional Equity -- 2nd National Summit

Online Conference Recordings & Power Point Presentations

ONLINE STREAMING AUDIO:  Over 1,200 people participated in Advancing Regional Equity (ARE): The Second National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth. Sponsored by PolicyLink and the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, the summit was held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 23-25, 2005. Listen to the presentations/discussions and see the power point slides at the:

ARE2005  streaming audio page

  

 

Earth House Videos

 

Combining the perspectives of social justice and sustainable development produces powerful success stories in these sample videos from Earth House, Oakland, on metro equity ideas and actions around the world (video projects in production).