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As demonstrated by Hurricane
Sandy and the current Great Recession, preparing cities to confront the key
challenges of the 21st century—environmental, economic, social and
political--is more vital than ever before.
On December 1, 2012 the
Design and Urban Ecologies program at Parsons The New School for Design is
co-hosting with CUNY Graduate Center’s Center for Place, Culture and Politics,
The Right to the City Coalition, Growing Roots, and The Brecht Forum the second
day of a two-day conference that brings together architects, activists, urban
designers and planners from around the country to re-imagine the city for the
next hundred years. “Hurricane Sandy has exposed
the longstanding socio-economic and environmental crisis that New York is in,”
said Miguel Robles-Duran, Director of the Design and Urban Ecologies program at
Parsons. “It is our responsibility as designers and engaged citizens to find
new directions that radically depart from how the city is being built today,
and participate in common forms of knowledge that support the claim for our
right to the city." The event will provide an
opportunity for participants from more than 80 civic organizations to
collaborate and develop ideas for how to affect change. By the end of the day,
each group will have developed its own strategic action plan to radically alter
the way a city works and who it serves. Schedule, Saturday, December 1 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.- Registration 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.- Opening
Plenary
Miguel Robles-Duràn -
Urbanist, Director of the Urban Ecologies, New School
Ruth Wilson Gilmore -
Associate Director, Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, CUNY Graduate
Center
Rachel LaForest - Executive
Director, The Right to the City Alliance
Peter Marcuse - Professor
Emeritus of Urban Planning, Columbia University
Amaka Okechukwu with Matthew
Birkhold - Co-founders, Growing Roots
Nancy Romer - General
Coordinator, The Brooklyn Food Coalition 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.- Breakout
Sessions
These facilitated sessions
will focus on building a holistic vision for a more democratic, sustainable and
just New York City. 1:45 to 2:30 p.m.- Lunch Break 2:30 to 4:15 p.m.: Breakout
Sessions
These facilitated sessions
ask the question, “What would your work look like if it was devoted to building
new communities and a new city?” Participants will discuss the role of
transformative demands and of building alternative institutions in realizing a
collective vision for New York City. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.- Wrap Up To see the full conference
schedule, including the November 30 agenda, visit www.urban-uprising.org.
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