Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Scholars, community organizers discuss urban policy at civil rights roundtable | UChicago News

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Dawson was one of several UChicago faculty members and affiliated staff to present research at the roundtable. The others were Cathy Cohen, the David and Mary Winton Green Professor and chair of Political Science; Micere Keels, associate professor in Comparative Human Development; Shayne Evans, CEO of UChicago Charter School; Kerwin Charles, deputy dean and the Edwin and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Chicago Harris; and Bryan Samuels, executive director of Chapin Hall. They were joined by civil rights leaders and young activists representing organizations from across the country, including the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ColorofChange.org, the Dream Defenders and BYP 100. - See more at: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2015/07/14/scholars-community-organizers-discuss-urban-policy-civil-rights-roundtable?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UChicago+%28The+University+of+Chicago+News+Office%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner#.dpuf

To maintain the conversation between roundtables and leading up to the national conference, participants are encouraged to document their ideas and proposed policy solutions via op-eds and blog posts, and via Twitter using the hashtag #UrbanFwd. - See more at: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2015/07/14/scholars-community-organizers-discuss-urban-policy-civil-rights-roundtable?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UChicago+%28The+University+of+Chicago+News+Office%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner#.dpuf

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