Category: Events

Next CURE seminar and book signing event- Kristin M. Szylvian- Friday, September 4th

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“Mutual Housing in the Delaware Valley”

Mobilization for World War II transformed the Delaware River Valley into a giant housing laboratory.  Audubon Park, Bellmawr Park, and Pennypack Woods were built in 1941 as part of a special federal government-Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) program for workers who could not afford home ownership. The three communities functioned as testing grounds for “mutual” or cooperative home ownership and new ideas in community planning, modern architecture, and mass-production building methods.

Kristin M. Szylvian is an Associate Professor of History and Library and Information Science, and Public History graduate program director at  St. John’s University.
 
Friday, September 4, 2015 – 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Private Dining Room, Campus Center
Lunch will be served

This event is also a book-signing event where books will be available for purchase and the author’s signature. 

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Violence & the City conference at CUNY – May 8, 2015

The Murphy Institute, CUNY and
The Center for Urban Research and Education,
Rutgers University-Camden invite you to a conference:

Violence & the City

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Friday, May 8, 2015
9:00AM-7:00PM
Murphy Institute, CUNY, SPS
25 West 43rd St, 18th floor

This day-long, interdisciplinary conference will consider the nature and effects of various types of urban violence, and is organized around two themes: violence and urban society; and, crime, politics, and policy.  Featured speakers will address these concerns in theoretically, methodologically, or empirically innovative ways.

Speakers and Discussants include:

Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center.

Marie Gottschalk, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Ruth Gilmore, Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences and American Studies, and Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center

Mimi Abramovitz, Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Policy, Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College

Lawrence Mead, Professor of Politics, New York University

Paul Jargowsky, Professor of Public Policy and Director of Center for Urban Research and Urban Education, Rutgers University-Camden

John Mollenkopf, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center

 

Next CURE Seminar – Dr. Katrin B. Anacker, Friday, May 1, 2015

Dr. Katrin B. Anacker, Associate Professor at George Mason’s School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs will discuss her newly released book: 

“The New American Suburb: Poverty, Race, and the Economic Crisis” anacker_150

Friday, May 1, 2015 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Private Dining Room, Campus Center
Lunch will be served 

This event is also a book-signing event where books will be available for purchase and the author’s signature. 

katrinThe majority of Americans live in suburbs and until about a decade or so ago, most suburbs had been assumed to be non-Hispanic White, affluent, and without problems. However, recent data have shown that there are changing trends among U.S. suburbs. This presentation provides timely analyses of current suburban issues by utilizing recently published data from the 2010 Census and American Community Survey to address key themes including suburban poverty; racial and ethnic change and suburban decline; suburban foreclosures; and suburban policy.

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Next CURE Seminar – Dr. Lauren Silver, Friday, April 3, 2015

Dr. Silver will discuss her newly released book:

“System Kids: adolescent Mothers and the Politics of Regulation”

This event is also a book-signing event where books will be available for purchase and the author’s signature.

Dr. Lauren Silver is an Associate Professor of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University–Camden

Friday, April 3, 2015 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Private Dining Room, Campus Center
Lunch will be served 

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CURE seminars are free and open to the public.  No registration is required. 
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Parking in Rutgers–Camden lots is by permit only. Visitors to Rutgers–Camden should obtain a temporary permit to park in a lot from 8 a.m. Mondays through 5 p.m. Fridays.
Contact Parking and Transportation for more information.
Parking and Transportation
(within the Rutgers University Police Department)
409 North Fourth Street
856-225-6137
Please visit these sites for directions to campus and to view a campus map

Creating Bridges for Camden’s Youth: Juvenile Justice Concerns and Local Solutions

Event Summary: 

Hosted by the Rutgers School of Law–Camden and the Rutgers–Camden Community Leadership Center (CLC), this three-part program will delve into key issues affecting the New Jersey juvenile justice system. Marsha Levick, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel of the Juvenile Law Center, will present a keynote address during lunch. Following the address, the first panel discussion focuses on opportunities for reform and the second panel focuses on preventative measures at the school-based level. Experts will provide insight into specific practices and resources utilized to partner with stakeholders involved in the juvenile justice system. After the discussions, please stay for a reception sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED) in the Stedman Gallery, which is exhibiting “Juvenile in Justice,” a collection of photographs of juveniles in prison facilities by Richard Ross.

Download the event brochure (PDF file)

Event Details:

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Outline:
12:00 – 12:30 Registration
12:30 – 1:45 Lunch and Keynote Address
1:45 – 4:00 Panel Discussions
4:00 – 5:00 CIED Reception

Main Event: Multi-Purpose Room, Rutgers–Camden Campus Center, 326 Penn St., Camden, NJ 08102

Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity Reception: Stedman Gallery, Fine Arts Building, 314 Linden St., Camden, NJ 08102

Keynote Address: Marsha Levick
Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, Juvenile Law Center

Marsha Levick, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel, co-founded Juvenile Law Center in 1975. Throughout her legal career, Levick has been an advocate for children’s and women’s rights and is a nationally recognized expert in juvenile law. Levick oversees Juvenile Law Center’s litigation and appellate docket. She has successfully litigated challenges to unlawful and harmful laws, policies and practices on behalf of children in both the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Levick has authored or co-authored numerous appellate and amicus briefs in state and federal appeals courts throughout the country, including many before the US Supreme Court, and has argued before both state and federal appellate courts in Pennsylvania and numerous other jurisdictions.

 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

 

More information contact Matthew Closter, Community Leadership Center (CLC)
at matthew.closter@rutgers.edu p.856-225-6923