URBAN ENCUENTRO:
URBAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE CITY:
GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE RIGHT TO THE CITY

“From Occupy, to housing squats, to counter-power structures, to participatory decision-making—urban social movements are
re-imagining urban democracy. This panel features local and national intellectuals, organizers and activists at the forefront of global and local movements constructing urban alternatives.”

 

Speakers will include:

Rachel LaForest, Right to the City Alliance
Miguel Robles-Duran, Director, Graduate Program in Design and Urban Ecologies
Frank Morales, Housing Activist
Kazembe Balagun, Brecht Forum
Matt Birkhold, Growing Roots
Carmen Piniero, Community Voices Heard
Priscilla “Grim Womyn” Grim, Organizer, Occupy Movement
William Morrish, Professor, Parsons School of Design Strategies

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