EVENT: Regional Solutions to Segregation and Racial Inequity: Can Metro Areas Overcome Inequality?The 2009 Henry Cohen Lecture
ADMISSION: Free (Seating reserved. To RSVP call 212.229.5418 or email centernyc@newschool.edu).
FEATURED: Myron Orfield, Executive Director, Institute on Race & Poverty, University of Minnesota and author, Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability
LECTURE FOLLOWED BY:
The lecture will be followed by a discussion about the New York region with:
Darrick Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Milano
Alex Schwartz, Associate Professor, Milano
Tom Wright, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association
SPONSORS:
Milano The New Shool for Manaement and Urban Policy
Center for New York City Affairs
TIME: 6 PM to 8 PM
DAY & DATE: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
LOCATION:
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street | 2nd Floor
(between 5th and 6th Avenues)
BACKGROUND:
Suburban growth and development away from central cities have increased segregation and racial inequalities in the U.S. Using the Twin Cities region as a lens, Orfield shows why policy makers must shift from neighborhood-level responses and develop regional solutions that promote equity and integration for housing, jobs, and schools.
Established in 2006, The Henry Cohen Lecture focuses on public policy challenges and solutions for women, children, and families, particularly in impoverished urban settings. The Henry Cohen Professorship, which focuses on these same issues, is an endowed Chair at Milano. The Lecture and Professorship are both named after Milano's founding dean, who served from 1965 to 1983.
For more than 30 years, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy has offered sharply focused programs in management and public policy that are innovative, principled, and practical--in keeping with the mission of The New School and Milano's own values and purpose.
