Friday Morning Seminar -- Fall 2014
Fall 2014
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| September 5th | BPI/CURL Knowledge Exchange: Research Meets Public Policy | Phil Nyden, Director, CURL; Christine George, Associate Research Professor, CURL Loyola University Chicago; Alex Polikoff, Co-Director, Public Housing, Senior Staff Counsel BPI |
| September 12th | Taking Back Chicago: Using Research, Organizing, and Coalition to Build a Citywide Political Organizing Movement | Amisha Patel, Executive Director, Grassroots Collaborative |
| September 19th | Adversity and Family Strength: Methods and Initial Findings from an Ongoing Study with Mexican-origin Immigrant Families | Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology; Stephanie Torres, Graduate Student; and Anna Ros, Graduate Student, Loyola University Chicago |
| September 26th | A Study of the Community Benefits Provided by Local Associations | John McKnight, Co-Director of the Asset-Based Development Community Development Institute and Professor Emeritus of Communications Studies and Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University |
| October 3rd | Music-based Services for Young People Experiencing Homelessness: The Potential for Connection, Engagement, and Opportunity | Brian Kelly, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago |
| October 10th | Peacemaking, not Pacifism, is the New Paradigm | Terry Rynne, Co-President of the Sally and Terry Rynne Foundation and the founder of the Center for Peacemaking, Marquette University Co-Sponsored by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, Department of Theology, Peace Studies, and the Provost Office for Social Justice Initiatives |
| October 17th | The Business Community and Civic Engagement | Frank Beal, Senior Executive, Civic Consulting Alliance Co-Sponsored by Quinlan School of Business and the Masters in Urban Affairs and Public Policy program |
| *Thursday, October 23rd* | The Effect of Public Policy on Private Student Lending | Xiaoling Ang, Economist at US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Co-Sponsored by the Quinlan School of Business |
| October 31st | Using Land Banks to Stabilize and Restore Communities in Cook County | Brian White, Executive Director, Cook County Land Bank Authority |
| November 7th *RSVP Required* |
Tour of the Plant | The Plant Due to limited space, please RSVP to Teresa Neumann at tneumann1@luc.edu |
| November 14th | How Technology and Patronage Have Effected the Evolution of Ward Politics | Brian Doherty, Part-time Instructor, Department of Political Science, Former Chicago Alderman, Loyola University Chicago |
| November 21st | Organizing to Fix Channel 11: Chicago’s Public TV Station | Tom Weinberg, Founder, Media Burn Independent Video Archive; Elizabeth Coffman, Associate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago |
| November 28th | NO Seminar-- Thanksgiving Break | |
| December 5th | The Foster School Paradox: Institutional Integration and the Disintegration of a Black Community in Evanston | Megan Klein, Sociology Graduate Student, Loyola University Chicago |
Fall 2014
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| September 5th | BPI/CURL Knowledge Exchange: Research Meets Public Policy | Phil Nyden, Director, CURL; Christine George, Associate Research Professor, CURL Loyola University Chicago; Alex Polikoff, Co-Director, Public Housing, Senior Staff Counsel BPI |
| September 12th | Taking Back Chicago: Using Research, Organizing, and Coalition to Build a Citywide Political Organizing Movement | Amisha Patel, Executive Director, Grassroots Collaborative |
| September 19th | Adversity and Family Strength: Methods and Initial Findings from an Ongoing Study with Mexican-origin Immigrant Families | Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology; Stephanie Torres, Graduate Student; and Anna Ros, Graduate Student, Loyola University Chicago |
| September 26th | A Study of the Community Benefits Provided by Local Associations | John McKnight, Co-Director of the Asset-Based Development Community Development Institute and Professor Emeritus of Communications Studies and Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University |
| October 3rd | Music-based Services for Young People Experiencing Homelessness: The Potential for Connection, Engagement, and Opportunity | Brian Kelly, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago |
| October 10th | Peacemaking, not Pacifism, is the New Paradigm | Terry Rynne, Co-President of the Sally and Terry Rynne Foundation and the founder of the Center for Peacemaking, Marquette University Co-Sponsored by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, Department of Theology, Peace Studies, and the Provost Office for Social Justice Initiatives |
| October 17th | The Business Community and Civic Engagement | Frank Beal, Senior Executive, Civic Consulting Alliance Co-Sponsored by Quinlan School of Business and the Masters in Urban Affairs and Public Policy program |
| *Thursday, October 23rd* | The Effect of Public Policy on Private Student Lending | Xiaoling Ang, Economist at US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Co-Sponsored by the Quinlan School of Business |
| October 31st | Using Land Banks to Stabilize and Restore Communities in Cook County | Brian White, Executive Director, Cook County Land Bank Authority |
| November 7th *RSVP Required* |
Tour of the Plant | The Plant Due to limited space, please RSVP to Teresa Neumann at tneumann1@luc.edu |
| November 14th | How Technology and Patronage Have Effected the Evolution of Ward Politics | Brian Doherty, Part-time Instructor, Department of Political Science, Former Chicago Alderman, Loyola University Chicago |
| November 21st | Organizing to Fix Channel 11: Chicago’s Public TV Station | Tom Weinberg, Founder, Media Burn Independent Video Archive; Elizabeth Coffman, Associate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago |
| November 28th | NO Seminar-- Thanksgiving Break | |
| December 5th | The Foster School Paradox: Institutional Integration and the Disintegration of a Black Community in Evanston | Megan Klein, Sociology Graduate Student, Loyola University Chicago |