UofO’s 14th annual Placemaking event is a four-week series of workshops on Community Land Trusts and alternate development and cooperative models. This course includes an overview of housing rights and development issues with opportunities to get involved in organizing efforts. Program Week 1 – April 11, 7 – 8 pm (EST) Guests: Dominic T. Moulden …
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Four week virtual reading group of “Homeboy Came to Orange” by Ernest Thompson and Mindy Thompson Fullilove As a part of Jan Term 2022: Year of the Programmatic Tiger, UofOrange hosted a four week, free, virtual reading group of “Homeboy Came to Orange”, the memoirs of Ernest Thompson, co-written by his daughter and UofOrange co-founder …
The Pandemic ThinkTank, with editing assistance from UofO’s Collective Recovery team, have put together a pandemic guide. The guide outlines a community-based approach to pandemic planning in the face of a chronically undermined and underfunded public health system and neglectful political leadership. Download the guide as a free PDF. Watch the first meeting of CDC’s …
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Solidarity Potluck: Together Again (Outdoors!) & Outdoor Screening of 2.2 Square Miles of Soul About this event Solidarity Potluck: Together Again (Outdoors!) Comida Compartida Solidaria: Juntos de Nuevo (¡al aire libre!) Outdoor Screening of 2.2 Square Miles of Soul: Voices of Orange Proyección al aire libre de 2.2 Square Miles of Soul: Voices of Orangea …
Join UofO’s Collective Recovery Fellow, Dr. Marisela Gomez, for a free 12-week course: “Rebuilding Just Communities = Healing Ourselves”. You can register for the class here, details are below. Title: Rebuilding just communities = healing ourselves Description: This course will instruct participants on mindfulness practices and their effect on ourselves and our work in organizing and working …
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A new essay “What We “Cannot Not Know in America”: 400 Years of Inequality and Seven Sins” written by Dr. Mindy Fullilove, Robert Sember, and Dr. Robert Fullilove is now available for free online. Read it here or below. The 400 Years of Inequality Project was created to call organizations to observe the 400th anniversary of the …
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Thursday, June 17th at 5pm ET on Zoom At UofO we hold our graduation ceremony on or around Juneteenth as one of the ways we express the connection between freedom and our ability to educate each other, and celebrate our accomplishments. This year our graduation will be on Thursday, June 17th at 5pm on Zoom. …
Join UofO’s summer reading group of the seminal text “Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted-Out Cities” by Dr. Mindy Fullilove You can purchase the book here. Use the code ALCHEMY25 at checkout for a 25% discount. In addition to four weekly reading group sessions on zoom (Monday’s between July 12th and August 2nd at 6PM) …
Join us on May 1st and May 22nd for Placemaking 13! On both days we’ll meet at the HUUB (35 Cleveland Street) at 2pm for a community Stroll & Scroll. We’ll walk the box and circle of Main Street in Orange and visit Orange Memorial Hospital. After the walk we’ll reconvene at HUUB to create a …
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A celebration of the 400 Years of Inequality coalition, including readings, reflections, and a showcase unveiling two new digital platforms. Register for free online here. About this Event In 1619, the first ships delivering Africans to be sold into bondage arrived in Jamestown, an inciting event in America’s ongoing battle with inequality. 2019 would mark this …
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