Making the West Side: Community Conversations on Neighborhood Change
Public Forum and Reception

*Note: This event has sold out. Additional RSVPs will be added to the waitlist*

Thursday, May 19, 2016
9:30a-6:00p
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St., Chicago

Please join Jane Addams Hull-House Museum for a day of conversations exploring the history of Chicago's West Side and its impact on present day neighborhoods.

Making the West Side: Community Conversations on Neighborhood Change is a year-long project funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities that will bring together scholars, activists, neighborhood residents, and other stakeholders to investigate the history of neighborhood change on Chicago's West Side and connect those histories to contemporary issues and concerns. The project kicks-off with a public forum on May 19 and continues through the summer with community conversations across Chicago's West Side.

9:30a-10a Arrival, Coffee & Refreshments

10a-10:20a Welcome
Jennifer Scott, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

10:20p-12:00p Conversation 1: Making Neighborhoods Visible: Racism, Disinvestment, and Redevelopment

Moderator: Richard Steele, Vocalo/WBEZ
Beryl Satter, Rutgers University
Rufus Williams, BBF Family Services
Amara Enyia, Public Policy Consultant

1:00p-2:30p Conversation 2: Making the Near West Side: Survey, Displacement, and Community Transformation

Moderator: Teresa Cordova, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois Chicago
Rima Lunin Schultz, Independent Scholar
Cynthia Blair, University of Illinois Chicago
Lilia Fernandez, Ohio State University
Richard Anderson, Princeton University

2:45p-4:15p Conversation 3: Making Resilient Neighborhoods: Organizing, Belonging and Re-making

Moderator: Jennifer Scott, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Rosa Cabrera, University of Illinois Chicago
Dave Stovall, University of Illinois Chicago
Kathy Catrambone, Independent Journalist
Quiwana Bell, Westside Health Authority

4:15p-4:45p Wrap Up: Alice O'Connor, University of California Santa Barbara and Jennifer Scott, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

5:00p-6:00p Reception