Green Pathways out of Poverty and into Prosperity
Raquel Pinderhughes, Professor of Urban Studies, San Francisco State University Workforce development programs are gearing up to prepare men and women from low-income communities for jobs and careers in the green economy. The training and preparation for these jobs and careers are seen as a ‘green pathway out of poverty’ strategy, aiming to leverage green economy opportunities as a sustainable solution for moving individuals from dependency to self-sufficiency. This presentation will focus on the role that green job training can play in preparing low-income youth and adults for the green economy both as workers and activists who come from the communities most impacted by environmental problems and injustices. UWM – AUP 170
Aug 31st, 2010 by Dave Reid
Infrastructural Ecologies
Clare Lyster, Principal, CLUAA, Chicago, and Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago Architects are increasingly turning to infrastructure as a site of research and design practice. The lecture contemplates architecture’s agency in the “infrastructural project”, though research on the disciplines fall out with the networks of Post-Fordist Space, what Manuel Castells calls “the space of flows”. This is presented through projects that identify new networks that challenge traditional notions of infrastructure; expose new architectural typologies in contemporary urban systems and establish new techniques for the representation of urban delivery networks. UWM – AUP 170
Aug 31st, 2010 by Dave Reid
The Placemakers Guide to Building Community
Nabeel Hamdi, Emeritus Professor of Housing and Urban Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England Nabeel Hamdi is one of the pioneers of participatory planning and his book Small Change has been highly influential in describing the role that informality plays in urban life. It sets out a way of thinking on cities that gives precedence to small-scale, incremental change over large-scale projects. He shows how the trickle-down effect advocated by conservatives everywhere does not produce the sort of large-scale changes that are predicted. Instead, the trickle-up effect of self-organized systems produce the biggest changes Location: UWM – AUP 170
Aug 31st, 2010 by Dave Reid
The Role of the Creative Sector in Community and Economic Development
The City of Milwaukee, the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, and the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC) invite you to a very special panel discussion with the Chair for the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman. The Role of the Creative Sector in Community and Economic Development moderated by Lt Governor Barbara Lawton. Friday, September 17th Panel Discussion 10:30-11:45 am Milwaukee Art Museum, Lubar Auditorium RSVP requested Space limited, open to the public FREE Join the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee to get an update on the Creativity Works!project; to hear the perspective of the NEA on the importance of our creative sector; and to enjoy spirited discussion on how the creative sector contributes to our community’s livability and sustainability. Chair Landesman is visiting Milwaukee to acknowledge and support our being awarded an NEA/Mayors Institute on City Design grant for Creativity Works! Milwaukee Regional Creative Economy Project. This project is a partnership between the City of Milwaukee, the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, and the GMC. We have received one of only 21 grants awarded nationally, out of 200+ applicants.We look forward to seeing you on September 17.
Aug 31st, 2010 by Dave Reid
Obama’s creed cred
A few years ago anybody who spoke badly of the President was immediately labeled a traitor and accused of coddling the terrorists with a back rub. Not any more.
Aug 31st, 2010 by Will Durst
Beauty, sorrow and American detritus
Kevin J. Miyazaki discusses internment camps, his charity-based photography website and the ragged beauty of abandoned fast food establishments.
Aug 31st, 2010 by Judith Ann Moriarty
New Island is New Reality
And if you believe that, Kaukauna-based artist Lee Mothes has a plot of land to sell you
Aug 31st, 2010 by Valerie J. Christell
HOLY SHIT! JAPAN TOUR DIARY – DAY 9
I've been getting the "Where's day 9?" question lately, and I know you guys have been patiently waiting for a while, but here's a secret: I'm not fucking sorry.
Aug 31st, 2010 by Anthony Schwader
Construction to start at The Moderne
Following a long-awaited loan guarantee approval from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, construction will soon begin on The Moderne.
Aug 30th, 2010 by Jeramey Jannene
Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 30. August 2010
UWM’s growth touted for new jobs By Tom Daykin Rail stops that make sense By Matthew Trussoni The Inconvenient Truth About Traffic Math: Progress Is Slow By Carl Bialik City vendor may get $1.2B from parking-privatization deal By Cory Schouten Moderne high-rise loan guarantee wins final OK, work to begin soon By Tom Daykin Communities push to replace Oconomowoc as high-speed train stop By Larry Sandler Wisconsin Republicans should get on board with high-speed rail By Ralph Munro Settlement reached on Wisconsin Tower condo foreclosure suit By Tom Daykin Driving Lessons By Tom Bamberger An architectural jumble at Marquette’s Eckstein Hall By Mary Louise Schumacher HSR: Answering the Critics By Scott Rogers Western Wisconsin coalition lobbies for high-speed rail By BizTimes Daily The bus vs. rail debate By The Baltimore Sun A healthier life? Try public transportation – Transit Score helps get you there By Chelsea Allinger ‘Maximizing urban cores’ vitality and infrastructure must be the basis for any definition of sustainability’ By Kaid Benfield The truth about home ownership By Gretchen Schuldt Bicycle Film Festival 2010 By Bicycle Film Festival See for Yourself How Solutions for Dirty Stormwater Work By David Beckman Rethink siting of campus By Cheryl Nenn More Parking for Wolski’s? Changes afoot on N. Pulaski Street By Michael Horne
Aug 30th, 2010 by Urban Milwaukee
Doing right by our most vulnerable citizens
After disturbing information came to light, the County Board started cleaning up the Mental Health Complex. Now they need to remove the censure of Lynn DeBruin.
Aug 30th, 2010 by Patti Wenzel
Neumann – No ObamaCare, cut BadgerCare
It’s sketchy on details, but Republican Mark Neumann’s health reform agenda is more thorough than what other gubernatorial candidates have out there.
Aug 30th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
