Past Community Conversations
Fall 2018
Data can be uniquely powerful and persuasive as a medium for telling stories, but it is also uniquely difficult to use effectively. In the talk, I'll review different ways to write about and visualize data, and provide some basic principles of effective data communication. I'll lean on examples drawn from baseball and other fields to show how statistics can sometimes create stories that wouldn't otherwise be told.
Spring 2018
Maintaining Our Affordable and Inclusive Communities Through Workforce Housing Strategies
April 3, 2018 from 6:30-8 p.m.
秘密研究所, Student Union, Room 003
Join 秘密研究所n faculty and panelists for an informative conversation about ways to address the need for affordable housing in our community areas and the importance of maintaining income diversity which in turn creates strong, healthy communities. Attendees will be better informed on affordable housing programs and strategies, its need in our neighborhoods, and thus encouraged to be involved in future community discussions on housing projects to help retain local residents.
Speakers
- Tim Libretti, event facilitator; Professor and Chair - English - NEIU
- Dennis Grammenos, Associate Professor - Geography & Environmental Studies - NEIU
- Shareef Taylor, Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)
- John Kennedy, Evergreen Real Estate Group
- Alan Mills, Uptown People鈥檚 Law Center
Panelists will cover topics ranging from local housing data, gentrification in Chicago, income and identity diversity, building management, housing vouchers, landlord resources, preservation, and tenant rights.
This program is co-hosted by NEIU's Division of Student Affairs and the North River Commission鈥檚 Housing Committee.
Relocating the Difference: Fake News and Fact in the Age of Trump
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
6:30-8 p.m.
Golden Eagles Room
Speaker: Dr. Tim Scherman, Professor, English
#MeToo Moment and Momentum: How Do We Make the Deeper Changes around Sex, Gender, Race and Power?
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
6:30-8 p.m.
Golden Eagles Room
Speakers:
- Dr. Nancy Matthews, Professor, Justice Studies and Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies
- Terrie Albano, Freelance journalist and NEIU alumna
- Dr. Vicki Byard, Professor, English
- Karen Kent, President of UNITE HERE Local 1
- Kasey Nalls, casino worker leader of UNITE HERE Local 1鈥檚 鈥淗ands Off Pants On鈥 campaign
Black Women鈥檚 Liberatory Pedagogies: Resistance, Transformation, and Healing
Within and the Beyond the Academy
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
5:30-7 p.m.
Golden Eagles Room
A discussion with Professors Sharon Bethea, Olivia Perlow, BarBara Scott, and Durene Wheeler.
Race, Education, and the Current Political Climate
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, Auditorium
Speakers:
- Dr. Sunni Ali, Professor, CCICS;
- Dr. Flavian Prince, META 24 and Member of the Mayor Rahm Emanuel鈥檚 Committee on Race Relations; NEIU students
Whole Educator, Whole Child: The Impact of Educator Wellness on Successful Learning Environments
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Speakers:
- Vanessa Ahmed: NBCT, Founder of Yawpster, co-facilitator
- Reginald Grigsby: MA, District 215 educator, co-founder of Brother 2 Brother
- Troy LaRaviere: President Chicago Principals & Administrators Association
- Erika Wozniak: Recipient of 2016 AFT 鈥淓veryday Heroes鈥 teacher division award
- Adeeb Odeh: Curriculum Coordinator for BAM/Youth Guidance
- Dr. Tim Duggan: Associate Professor of Secondary Education, NEIU
- Co-Facilitator: Dr. Timothy Libretti, English Department Chair, 秘密研究所
Fall 2017
Race and Trump鈥檚 America
Monday, October 2, 2017
Speakers:
- Kristen Over, 鈥淣ation, Narration, and Race: William Faulkner鈥檚 Southern Fable鈥
- Ryan Poll, 鈥淐an One Get Out?: Developing a Woke Aesthetics in the Epoch of Black Lives Matter鈥
- Tim Libretti, 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Confederate Heart: Understanding Supremacist Thought in the American Socio-Economic System鈥
Haters Gonna Hate?: Understanding and Overcoming the Roots of Hate in American Culture
Monday, October 23, 2018
Speaker: Tim Libretti, Professor of English, Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies, Latina/o and Latin American Studies
International Economic Issues in the Age of Trump
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Speaker: Scott Hegerty, Professor of Economics