Nupurspectives #2

In this episode, Nupur Chaudhury talks to Molly Rose Kaufman about the need to learn from past organizers and movements and how it can help us find out what we are for. Watch below and check out episode 1, an interview with Lourdes Hernandez Rodriguez, here!

UofO 2020 Graduation!

Join us for this year’s University of Orange Graduation Ceremony!Monday June 29th, 6PM: Free Registration on Eventbrite We cannot wait to celebrate all of your accomplishments at our graduation this year on Monday, June 29th.  We are honored to have Ayako Maruyama as both our graduation speaker and the designer of what is sure to …

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Placemaking12: Bonita Bennett

We first met Bonita in 2015 when Molly and Mindy were visiting South Africa on a trip for a Maggie INK project.  Bonita was then the Director of the District 6 Museum in Capetown.  District Six was an important Capetown Neighborhood, home to people of numerous ethnicities. It was destroyed by the Apartheid government. The Museum, in …

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Placemaking12: UofO Urbanism Team

What does an urbanist need to know while sheltering in place? Here’s what UofO’s urbanism team has to suggest. The psychological impact of physical space to people and their social relations Basics about plants and how to take care of them How to stretch! Stretching as a quality of attention towards space in the body …

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Placemaking12: Bozena Kluba

Urbanist, interested in the role of water in the city and the redevelopment of industrial wastelands. Based in Paris region. Bozena Kluba was a student at the National Conservatory of Arts and Trades in Paris, studying with Michel Cantal-Dupart.  We invited Cantal’s students to do a one-week intensive at Columbia University Mailman School of Public …

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Placemaking12: Veronique Heon-Klin

Veronique Heon-Klin studied public health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She worked with the Community Research Group in a study of violence in Washington Heights. When she returned to Germany she led a study of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. She has joined us on numerous city visits in …

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Making Latkes with Sadie Gitl

Sadie Gitl teaches how to make delicious latkes using a recipe from Jewish Cookery by Leah Leonard. Sadie learned this recipe especially for Passover but latkes are delicious any time of the year. They are also easy to make, and with few ingredients.

Collective Recovery: Pandemic and Community Crisis — What’s Your Piece?

Register for this free event on eventbrite! How can community organizations come together to share their piece in recovering and moving forward from these collective traumas? On top of the destabilizing COVID-19 pandemic, the killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests and calls for police reform. While these past weeks and months have been difficult …

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Placemaking12: Carol Hsiung

Carol Hsiung loves to draw. She studied architecture at Cornell University and has, for the past 30 years, applied her pen to her craft as an architect. Carol has garnered much acclaim for her drawings and has been widely published. She credits sketching with enabling her to connect with the world around her and in …

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Placemaking12: Marisela Gomez

Marisela Gomez is a scholar activist from Baltimore MD. She received her PHD, MD, and MPH from Johns Hopkins University and has spent more than 20 years engaged in social determinants of health participatory research. Dr. Gomez is a Buddhist in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition. You can listen to a recorded meditation and talk …

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