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PUBLIC conversations 2007:
URBAN POVERTY & PROSPERITY:BUILDING AN AGENDA FOR PHILADELPHIA'S NEXT MAYOR

 

Recent signs from the real estate market, downtown and neighborhood renewal suggest that Philadelphia is enjoying an urban renaissance.  Yet a quarter of all Philadelphians live below the poverty line.  Poverty impacts everything from crime to schools, taxes to economic development.  Perhaps no other issue matters more for the city and region’s future. 

This series of public events explores the social and spatial dimensions of urban poverty and their implications for economic development.  As Philadelphians elect a new mayor in 2007, we ask: What can and should the next mayor do to alleviate poverty and promote shared prosperity in the 21st century city?

Speakers include civic leaders, policy makers, community activists, and scholars studying urban economies and society.  Through interactive forums and collaboration with media outlets, we will gather participants’ ideas and questions and pose them to the candidates for mayor. 

All events are free and open to the public.  All forums are hosted by Penn classes, integrating the civic and educational missions of the Urban Studies Program.  These are strictly non-partisan events focused on the issues.  

For more info and directions, call 215-898-7799.  

 PARTNERS

Black Student Alliance, Penn School of Design http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~bsapd/

Great Expectations Project (Inquirer, Penn)   www.fels.upenn.edu/greatexpectations.htm

Media Mobilizing Project  http://phillyimc.org

The Next Mayor (Daily News, WHYY, Committee of 70) www.thenextmayor.com

Penn Institute for Urban Research  www.upenn.edu/penniur

Penn PRAXIS www.design.upenn.edu/pennpraxis

Planners Network Delaware Valley Chapter www.plannersnetwork.org

Research for Action www.researchforaction.org

Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians www.welcomingcenter.org