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MSI's 2012 Black Creativity- "Powerful: African Americans in Energy" seeks to educate visitors on the pros and cons of various forms of energy including through a minature golf course composed of islands for each form. Visitors are encouraged to vote at the end for one of 3 suites of sources they would endorse. The results will be used for a facebook conversation. There is also a gallery of African Americans in energy leadership.
Get
involved in the meetings of the HPKCC Schools Committee! Chair Camille
Hamilton-Doyle, Co-Chair
Nancy Baum.
Call
Camille at 773 373-6944.
Schools committee meetings will most often be on 4th Thursdays, 6 pm espec for those with principals, other s may be 7 pm, places tba.
December 7, Wednesday (morning with principals and some others)
January 26,
February 23 (with principals, will likely be thank you dinner to all area principals and members of support orgs. such as LSCs, PTAs, PACs, Friends)
March 22...
Use the
following link to videos of the Poverty, Promise, Possibility series of UC Civic
Knowledge:
http://news.uchicago.edu/tag/series/poverty-promise-and-possibility
Don't forget
CAPS, Local School Councils, Park Advisory Councils, TIF and CCC councils--see
in Community
Meetings.
School Local School Councils are having their biennial organization meetings
in July.
February 4, Saturday, 1
pm. OWL Hyde Park at First Unitarian north entry, 5650 S. Woodlawn: Celebrating
Competent Caring-Peer Relationships in Later Life. In this season of
valentines and love, we will focus on how we deal with changes in our close
relationships with our age peers. We know, from experience and from research,
that intimate relationships are crucial to well being in later life. Ill health,
dementia, and distance are among the challenges we encounter in our friendships
and other sustaining relationships.
Lorie Rosenblum and Margaret Huyck are the program leaders.
On Saturday, February 4 our program will focus on friendship networks in later
life. Margaret Huyck, Ph.D. and Lorie Rosenblum, Ph.D., LCSW, will lead a discussion
on how we can nurture friendships to contribute to our health and well-being
in later life. February is the traditional time to celebrate loving relationships.
Such relationships can come in many varieties. However, one of the best predictors
of feeling that life is good is having at least a couple of close peer relationships.
Family members are important, but most of them are not of our choosing; we have
more choice in those we accept as close friends.
Developing and maintaining friendships is part of “relational competence”;
we can enhance this competence just as we develop other competencies with age
and experience. We especially realize how crucial the support of our friends
is when close peers “disappear” into illness, dementia, depression,
or death. We will share our experiences and what we have learned about dealing
with such transitions whenever they occur. We can
learn from each other how to enhance our own relational competence for this
phase of life.
February 4, Saturday, 1:30 pm. The classic Civil Rights era film :"The Spook Who Sat by the Door" will be screened at Black Star, 3509 S. King Dr.
February 4, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Help decorate drop boxes for the 2012 February "Have a Heart for Public Schools Supply Drive", sponsored by HPKCC Schools Committee. Questions: contact haveaheart2012@gmail.com.
February 7, Tuesday, 5:30 am. Sunrise Nature Walk around Jackson Harbor, 58th and the Drive.
February 8, Wednesday, 4:30 pm. Center for International Studies and others present "Digitizing the Diaspora.. South Asian American Digital Archive. CIS Conference Room, Pick 105, 5828 S. University. Must register at http://cis.uchicago.edu.
February 8, Wednesday, 5:15 pm. Franke Institute humanities lecture. Norma Field on Japan and nuclear power "From Stagg Field to Fukushima." Gleacher, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. Rm 621. RSVP by Feb 3 773 702-8274 or franke-humanities.uchicago.edu.
February 9, Thursday, 6 pm. Center for International Studies and others present "Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the United States and Started Prospering" with Journalist Hal Weitzman. International House, 1414 E. 59th St. . Must register at http://cis.uchicago.edu.
February 11, Saturday and Feb. 18, 10 am-3:30 pm. Teacher Workshop on engaging students in philosophy. Graham School at Gleacher, 450 N. Cityfront Center. Details and registration. https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/offering.php?oi=6256.
February 11, Saturday, 1 pm. "The Underground Railroad," written by Hyde Parker Osa Buchner, depicts true stories of the escapes to freedom and those who helped. Hyde Parkers will read and act. SHoP, 5638 S. Woodlawn.
February 12, Sunday, 1-3 pm. Symposium- Play, Concentrate, Remember: The interwoven Histories of Latinos and Mainstream USA. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520. Check, could be Saturday.
February 12, Sunday, 2-4 pm. IVI-IPO Annual Spaghetti Supper. At Grant Memorial Church, 4017 S. Drexel. iviipo@gmail.com. http://www.iviipo.org.
February 18, Saturday,
1:30-3;30 pm. Small tool sharpening workshop. Jackson Park
Fieldhouse, 6401 S. Stony Island. Sharpen
Your Tools While Your Sharpen Your Minds!
Saturday,
February 18, 2012, Jackson Park Fieldhouse, 6401 South Cottage Grove Avenue,
in Chicago, 1:30 – 3:30 PM.
It’s not too early to prepare your garden tools for the upcoming gardening season! Don X. Nekrosius, well known gardening expert, will help local gardeners sharpen and care for their clippers, loppers, and other tools for the upcoming growing season. Don will be presenting the workshop as a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener. He’s also a master composter – maybe he can answer questions about composting as well!
Bring your tools and take them home as good as new!Direct questions to the Jackson Park Advisory Council, Louise McCurry, President, (773) 844-2225, or Fran Vandervoort, (773) 752-8374.
February 25, Saturday,
10 am-noon. Coalition
for Equitable Community Development Annual Meeting and Forum: What's Happening
to Rental Housing in Hyde Park-Kenwood: Who Can Afford to Live Here Anymore?
Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn.
Speaker Geoff Smith of the Depaul Housing Institute (which has recently issued
a report on rental housing in Cook County); panel of local rental real estate
management; questions may be submitted on cards at the start. Free, with refreshments.
February 25, Saturday, 9 am-noon. Friends of the Parks-Chicago Park District PACs Annual Conference. South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive. Contact your park council and Maria Stone at FOTP.
February 25, Saturday, 5;30 pm reception, 6;30 dinner. Hyde Park Historical Society Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. Speaker Lee Bey, archtecture commentator and photographer, on Hidden Treasures of Hyde Park. Cornell Awards, Leon and Marian Despres Preservation Awards. Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 57th St. For information and/or invitation contact Janice A. Knox, 773 317-1520 or janice.a.knox@gmail.com. or Frances Vandervoort, 773 752-8374, vandersand@sbcglobal.net. $55, $65 after Feb. 20.
March 1, Thursday, 6 pm. Center for International Studies and others present "No One's World: The West, The Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn" with Charles A. Kupchan. International House, 1414 E. 59th St. Must register at http://cis.uchicago.edu.
March 3: OWLS in Illinois. In honor of Women’s History Month, we will revisit the role that OWL has played in Illinois. From the early 1980s OWL members have been actively engaged in advocacy work, and were instrumental in such legislation as the provision to prevent the impoverishment of the community-dwelling spouse when one partner went to a nursing home. We have invited founder Pat Taylor to share some of her perspectives with us.
March 12, Monday, 7 pm. Regular meeting of the 53rd St. TIF Advisory Council at Kenwood Academy Little Theater, 5015 S. Blackstone.
April 7: When We Need a Clearer Vision. Many older adults experience loss of vision. We will focus on what help is available to ease the transition. Marcia Trawinski (and Fred), and Rosemary Snow (both of whom have vision disabilities) are leading this program; they will bring in additional experts to share their wisdom.
April 17, Tuesday, all day. Urban Health Initiative of the University of Chicago Annual Summit. At Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th St.
Mission of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference
The purpose of the Conference is to attend to the civic needs of the community; work toward an attractive, secure, diverse, and caring community; and to promote participation of residents, businesses, institutions, and organizations in programs and activities that advance the interests and concerns of the community. It serves the community as a watchdog, independent voice, and clearing house in the community's ongoing conversation and decisions about those matters which affect and define community life.
To RSVP for the public discussions or register for the courses, please contact Bart Schultz, the Director of the Civic Knowledge Project, at rschultz@uchicago.edu or 773.702.8821. Poverty, Promise, and Possibility is a collaborative initiative featuring many partners, including the University of Chicago’s Office of Civic Engagement, Graham School of General Studies, Humanities Division/Civic Knowledge Project, Urban Education Institute, and School of Social Service Administration. Public programs this year are at SSA, 969 E. 60th St.
This initiative from the
University of Chicago represents a bold and timely effort to bring together
the University’s scholarly resources on issues of poverty in new, more
publicly accessible, and more socially relevant ways. The aim is to highlight
the useable knowledge available through the University for the purpose of illuminating
both the pressing problems of poverty in our area and the practical steps that
local communities can take to address such problems. The University’s
demonstrated commitment to working with community partners on urgent social
issues such as poverty has set the stage for this new initiative, which is designed
to foster the larger cooperative ethic of civic friendship that the University
seeks to realize in its relationships with a rich array of Chicago neighborhoods
and communities.
To RSVP for the Public Discussions or register for the courses, please contact
Bart Schultz, the Director of the Civic Knowledge Project, at rschultz@uchicago.edu
or 773-702-8821. Poverty, Promise, and Possibility is a collaborative initiative
featuring many partners, including the University of Chicago’s Office
of Civic Engagement, Graham School of General Studies, Humanities Division/Civic
Knowledge Project, Urban Education Institute, and School of Social Service Administration.
FREE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS
October 6, Thursday, 6:30 pm. Forum on Education and Engagement.
October 20, Thursday, 6:30 pm. Poverty, Inequality- Politics, Practices, Prescriptions.
November 10, Thursday, 6:30 p,. Unemployment and the Family- Hardship, the Realities of Today's Labor Market for Chicago's Families.
March 1, Thursday, 6:30 m. Community Forum, on Ethics, Happiness and Poverty.
THE FACE OF URBAN COMMUNITIES
(course names different this year)
This course will provide participants with the opportunity to consider the process
of development and decline in urban communities. Drawing from rich ethnographic
studies, we will explore some of the influences on the trajectory of urban neighborhoods,
such as historical restrictive covenants, depopulation, high-rise projects and
segregation. Particular attention will be paid to depictions of racial, ethnic,
class, and cultural identities. This mini-course provides a foundation for the
Poverty, Promise and Possibility program.
SARA STOELINGA
Ms. Stoelinga is director of planning and program development at the Urban Education
Institute at the University of Chicago. This course will be held at Chapin Hall,
1313 E. 60th St.
POVERTY AND THE HUMANITIES IN CHICAGO
This course will provide an in-depth account of the use of humanities programming
in efforts to combat poverty, focusing especially on the worldwide Clemente
Course in the Humanities, known in Chicago as the Odyssey Project. The problems
of poverty are not limited to shortages of material resources but can also include
being cut-off from the cultural resources needed for achieving a dignified and
fully meaningful life. The Clemente Course, founded by National Humanities Medalist
Earl Shorris, and related efforts demonstrate how even in very difficult circumstances
the humanities have a vital role to play.
BART SCHULTZ AND ERIKA
DUDLEY
Mr. Schultz is senior lecturer in the Humanities and director of the Civic Knowledge
Project at the University of Chicago. Ms. Dudley is the Civic Knowledge Project
coordinator for parent education, the Odyssey Project & the Educating Community.
Course Code: LAHPPP; Section
10A3
Autumn 2010
$185 Regular registration
Wednesdays, October 27-November 17, 6:00-8:00 pm
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 8
ONE DAY WORKSHOP: UNDERSTANDING YOUTH VIOLENCE: A DISCUSSION WITH RUDY NIMOCKS
Rudy Nimocks is a University of Chicago senior statesman. A veteran of the Chicago
Police Department, where he achieved the rank of deputy superintendent, and
the chief of the University of Chicago Police Department for decades, he has
in recent years become the University’s Director of Community Partnerships,
where his talent for working with troubled youth has proved singularly valuable.
A 58 year resident of the Woodlawn neighborhood, he has been called “both
a community and University treasure,” and in this very special workshop
he will share lessons from his long experience in dealing with urban youth crime
and violence.
RUDY NIMOCKS
Mr. Nimocks is Director of Community Partnerships at the University of Chicago
Course Code LAHPPP; Section 11W1
Winter 2011
$60 Regular registration
Saturday, February 12, 10 am-3 pm (one hour break for lunch)
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 4
ONE DAY WORKSHOP: UNDERSTANDING
COMMUNITY HEALTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE: A DISCUSSION WITH DORIANE MILLER
In this workshop, featuring panel discussions with a range of experts, Dr. Miller,
Director of the Center for Community Health and Vitality (CCHV) at the University
of Chicago, will show how the CCHV promotes positive relationships between the
University and South Side communities and improves health services and support
to residents. Where and how people are born, grow, live, work and age are factors
determining individual and community health, and research shows that South Side
neighborhoods face such health problems as diabetes, asthma, hypertension and
other chronic health conditions at higher rates than other communities in Chicago.
DORIANE MILLER
Dr. Miller is Director of the Center for Community Health and Vitality, a program
of the Urban Health Initiative at the University of Chicago.
Course Code LAHPPP; Section 11W2
Winter 2011
$60 Regular registration
Saturday, February 26, 10 am-3 pm (one hour break for lunch)
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 4
POVERTY AND EDUCATION IN
CHICAGO
This course looks at the intersection of poverty and education. We will begin
with a consideration of the history of school reform in Chicago, exploring the
relationship between poverty, education and student outcomes. We will then focus
on Chicago school reform policies and initiatives, highlighting work from the
Urban Education Institute, including research on Chicago Public Schools, models
of increasing the quality of urban teachers and innovative approaches to schooling.
The strengths and shortcomings of current school reform policies will be considered
with a stress on understanding the process of policy-making and the complexity
of change implied in reform policy.
SARA STOELINGA
Ms. Stoelinga is director of planning and program development at the Urban Education
Institute at the University of Chicago. This course will be held at Chapin Hall,
1313 E. 60th St.
Course Code: LAHPPP; Section
10A4
Spring 2011
$335 Regular registration
Thursdays, March 31-May 19, 4-6:30 pm
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
POVERTY AND PROMISE IN
CHICAGO
This urban sociology and public policy course will examine urban poverty in
Chicago in the context of the city’s rich social history and recent economic
transformation. We will consider both promising efforts—on the model of
the Harlem Children’s Zone, a widely admired anti-poverty initiative in
New York City—to address concentrated poverty and the barriers to such
initiatives, with particular attention to social isolation, gangs, and public
schools.
CHAD BROUGHTON
Mr. Broughton is senior lecturer in Public Policy Studies and faculty director
of Chicago Studies at the University of Chicago. His research seeks to identify
areas in Chicago that could become “Promise Neighborhoods” on the
model of the Harlem Children’s Zone.
Course Code LAHPPP; Section
10A5
Summer 2011
$185 Regular registration
Wednesdays, July 6-27, 6:00-8:00 pm
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 8
To RSVP for the Public Discussions or register for the courses, please contact
Bart Schultz, the Director of the Civic Knowledge Project, at rschultz@uchicago.edu
or 773-702-8821.