Education
Announcements
Tomorrow will focus on "Urban Transportation and Infrastructure."
The guest speakers will be Stephanie Pollack, Associate Director of the Dukakis Center; David Luberoff, Director of the Rappaport Institute at Harvard's Kennedy School; and Fred Salvucci, former Secretary of Transportation for Massachusetts.
The week after, on October 8th, the topic will be "Urban Housing Markets, Land Use, and Sustainability. The guest speakers will be Doug Foy, former Chief of Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and former President of the Conservation Law Foundation; and Bonnie Heudorfer, Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy.
Click here to see the full schedule for the semester.
Powerpoints and Video
A few articles and reports by Stephanie Pollack and David Luberoff are posted on the website.
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Pollack, "Connecting with Our Economic Future: A Transportation Investment Strategy for the Life Sciences Cluster"
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Pollack, "On the Right Track: Meeting Greater Boston's Transit and Land Use Challenges"
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Altshuler and Luberoff, MegaProjects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment
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Luberoff, "Civic Leadership and the Big Dig"
The video recording of the lectures are also viewable on our website in the same section.
Feedback
If at any point you have feedback about the program, email me, John Sarvey at j.sarvey@neu.edu.
Volunteers
We could use some extra hands if you are interested in volunteering. In particular, it would help if we had 1-2 volunteers each week to staff the Check-in Table from 5:40 to 6:00pm.
As you have probably noticed, we are making available coffee and tea in the check-in area. Please remember to remove empty cups from the classroom as you leave. Please let me know if it appears that we're not ordering enough of either. Last week we had a mysterious glitch in which the catering company removed all of the coffee and tea prior to the break. We're sorry about that and asked them to make sure it doesn't happen in the future.
Refreshments Committee
If you'd be willing to serve on a refreshments committee, please email John Sarvey.
Mobile Phones
Please remember to turn off ringers on mobile phones when entering the classroom.
Sound
We occasionally hear from some participants that it is difficult to hear the speakers in the back of the room. We will continue to try to improve the sound quality. Meanwhile, if you find it difficult to hear in the back of the classroom, please move forward to a closer seat.
Logistical Information
We're going to stop putting detailed information about logistics in the weekly class announcements. However, we will keep this link in case you need it: Directions to the Building and Classroom.
Other Events of Interest
Grassroots Use of Technology ConferenceFriday, October 16 - Saturday, October 17, 2009
Northeastern University
The conference kicks off Friday the 16th with a panel discussion entitled, "Facing the Digital Future"; Richard O'Bryant expands on this conversation the next day with his key note address, "Connecting the Disconnected." We have 18 workshops that range in subject: building rapid response networks, global hometowns and new media, labor's new tools, using CiviCRM and other databases for campaigns, collaborative democracy, organizing for the US Social Forum, effective e-mail list management, Organizers' Database, decentralized organizing techniques, race and the technological divide, nicropayments, microfinance & crowdfunding, creators on creators' rights, mastering social media for social marketing, public funding for content creation, an intellectual property rights primer, introduction to virtual worlds, getting your video online, the new Mass. data safety law, media strategy with the Boston Action Tank, and getting online with content management systems.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Op-Ed Project
9:00am - 4:00pm
Special Functions Room, Simmons College
Day-long seminar with The Op-Ed Project.
The workshop focuses on how to present ideas quickly and powerfully - thereby earning the right to a longer conversation; strategies for making a greater impact - including how to escape a pigeonhole, how to make an “old” but important argument fresh again, and how to build consensus among those who may disagree with you (the difference between being “right” and being effective).
Thursday, October 29 to Sunday, November 1, 2009
RAILvolution 2009
Westin Boston Waterfront
Rail~Volution 2009 provides a unique opportunity for innovative minds to develop solutions for issues that affect livability in cities, towns and regions of all sizes and shapes. Attendees at Rail~Volution cross a broad spectrum of disciplines — including elected officials, developers, advocates, urban planners, transportation experts, financiers, citizen groups, architects and many others.
Once again, we look forward to seeing you Thursday evening!
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