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Slow & Sudden Violence

SPA Prof. Derek Hyra discusses his new book, "Slow and Sudden Violence," and how SPA supports his research.

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University of Pennsylvania PressBook Series Collaboration with Penn Press MPC is working to disrupt urban policy with a new Penn Press book series. Learn more.

2024-2025 Academic Year Events

Details about MPC event and headshot of Dr. OakleyGeorgia State Professor of Sociology Dr. Deirdre Oakley will join MPC on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30 pm (in AU Watkins Building room 106) to discuss public housing and residential mobility in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Oakley's research focuses on urban social inequalities, particularly about race, housing, the built environment, and the spatial arrangements of urban policies. Her collaborative work concerning the federally approved demolition of Atlanta's public housing led to her invited testimony before Congress on housing preservation and the Neighborhood Choice Initiative. 

The Last Plantation: Racism and Resistance in the Halls of Congress. Wednesday, October 2, 5:15 - 8:00 pm, University of California Washington Center. James R. Jones, Director for the Center on Politics and Race in America Rutgers University–NewarkJames R. Jones discusssed his new book, The Last Plantation: Racism and Resistance in the Halls of CongressOn Wednesday, October 2 at 5:15 pm at the University of California Washington Center. Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology and the inaugural director of the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers University, Newark. His newest work analyzes how racism shapes the US congressional workplace and in return, how Black staffers resist unequal and racist work conditions. 

What Does Chicago Teach Us About Urban Politics in DC and Beyond? Moderated Discussion. Tuesday, October 22, 5:30 - 6:30 pm, Kerwin 301. Gordon Mantler, Xolela Mangcu, Greg Squires. On Tuesday, October 22 at 5:30 pm in Kerwin 301, MPC hosted Gordon Mantler, Greg Squires and Xolela Mangcu for a moderated discussion titled "What Does Chicago Teach Us About Urban Politics in DC and Beyond?”

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MPC In the Media

'The Geography of Unrest'
By Ruben Castaneda
Decembber 2024 in AU Magazine

'How Urban Renewal Led to Urban Uprisings'
By Fola Akinnibi
August 22, 2024 in Bloomberg

 

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