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EXHIBITION OPENING: TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013 DECONSTRUCTION/CONSTRUCTION: THE CHEONGGYECHEON RIVER PROJECT IN SEOUL Join us at Van Alen Institute on Tuesday, April 9, from 6-8 p.m. to celebrate the second exhibition in our current series,  River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life [http://rivercity.vanalen.org]. Exploring the reinvention of a once-buried urban waterway, Deconstruction/Construction: The Cheonggyecheon River Project in Seoul examines this complex work of Korean infrastructure as a case study in how an urban river can be reclaimed as a thriving civic resource. All but forgotten under the shadow of an elevated highway in the heart of Seoul, the Cheonggyecheon was transformed as a metropolitan-scale public space through an unprecedented effort of urban planning and design. This exhibition, first presented at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, considers how the Cheonggyecheon's renewal in 2005 not only created a new ecological network in the center of the city, but also knit once-severed neighborhoods back together and catalyzed civic life through integrated architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, planning, and economic development. We are excited to present this exhibition in our pop-up gallery space on Van Alen Institute's ground-floor level. Please join us for the exhibition opening and kick off a series of public events exploring Korean urbanism and waterfront design. Van Alen Institute Tuesday, April 9, 6-8PM 30 West 22nd Street, Ground Floor (Enter through Van Alen Books) New York, NY 10010 RSVP to  [[email protected]] River City: Waterfront Design for Civic Life [http://rivercity.vanalen.org] explores how innovative riverfront design can act as a powerful tool for urban reinvention. By looking at case studies in New York and beyond, River City investigates how cities across America and around the world are reclaiming rivers as sites of cultural, environmental, and economic vitality. Deconstruction/Construction is presented in partnership with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. We are grateful to the Trustees and members of Van Alen Institute for their support of the River City series, which is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Van Alen Institute promotes innovative thinking about the role of architecture and design in civic life. Among our activities are design competitions, lectures and symposia, exhibitions, publications, research and advocacy. Our programs engage a broad constituency of people in New York City, the nation, and around the world who participate in shaping the designed environment, from architecture students to emerging and established professionals to the interested public.          

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Project Safe Surrender Do you, or someone you know, have an open warrant or outstanding summons? Afraid to go to court, or to get stopped on the street for fear of going to jail over this outstanding warrant or summons? Come to Mt Pisgah Baptist Church (212 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn NY) this Friday and Saturday March 29th and 30th from 9am and 3pm to resolve these outstanding warrants. While this is not amnesty, the Brooklyn DA's office will give favorable consideration to those who participate. Project Safe Surrender (PSS) is a community program that helps individuals resolve summons/warrants. An added benefit of this program is that it also helps individuals re-enter society by connecting them with vital social assistance in the areas of health, housing, employment, employment training and education. Local Clergy and Pastors, as well as Defense Attorneys, will be available to help you resolve these issues, and a resource fair and food will be provided on site. It is vital that you please share this information with everyone you know and get this out to as many people as possible. Lent is often considered a season of new beginnings - and this program is a great way to start anew. The following charges are available to be handled during this program: Trespassing Disorderly conduct Loitering Unlawfully in a park after hours Failure to comply with posted signs in park Marijuana possession Smoking marijuana Unlawful possession of Alcohol under age 21 Consumption of Alcohol in Public Aggressive Solicitation Unlawful possession of handcuffs Littering Riding a bicycle on the sidewalk Making unreasonable noise Animal nuisance Failure to have a dog license Unleashed dog Spitting No More Worry, No More Waiting Clergy, Pastors, Lay Members and Defense Attorneys will be available to help you resolve outstanding Summons Warrants. While this is not amnesty, favorable consideration will be given to those who participate. Please remember this is open to anyone in NYC that has an open Summons/Warrant. For More Info Call: 718-388-3900 ___________________________________________________________________

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The Yes Lab @ the Hemispheric Institute presents CREATIVE ACTIVISM THURSDAYS! Come meet the revolutionaries and activists who have changed or are changing the world, and those who study them in our increasingly misnamed series. We’ll be meeting many Tuesdays and Thursdays for a series of lectures, workshops, and other events focusing on the potential for societal change, and what we can do to bring it about through creative tactics and strategies. TOMORROW: Andrew Ross of STRIKE DEBT Thursday, March 28th 7pm The Hemispheric Institute 20 Cooper Sq. 5th Floor FREE * Photo ID required Andrew Ross is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU and activist with Strike Debt, a coalition of Occupy groups looking to build popular resistance to all forms of debt imposed on us by the banks. Ross will discuss the current state of the debt resistance movement. How far have we come? How far will we go? Is it possible to organize around debt? Who wants to stop us? NEXT WEEK: Birgitta Jonsdottir Thursday, April 4th 7pm The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute 20 Cooper Sq. 7th Floor FREE * Photo ID required Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y17gNugFyHCzSCsqa0MEgSy4JGnqsKXV8p2YSQr5nps/viewform Member of the Icelandic parliament for The Movement, Birgitta co-produced the Wikileaks Collateral Murder video, and has been an activist and a spokesperson for various groups including Wikileaks, Saving Iceland, Friends of Tibet in Iceland, and the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative.

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This message has the flyer [ http://psc-cuny.org/sites/default/files/racialjustice_higher%20ed_flyer.FINAL_.pdf ] properly attached for the April 3rd forum on Racial Justice at CUNY which PSC is co-sponsoring with The Public Science Project. Click here for flyer [ http://psc-cuny.org/sites/default/files/racialjustice_higher%20ed_flyer.FINAL_.pdf ]. The discussants will speak about findings from the CSS research report, which indicate that the CUNY student body is increasingly less diverse, especially at the elite senior colleges. Preliminary findings from a second report, to be issued by the PSC, indicate that little if any progress has been made in diversifying the faculty during a decade of expansion in the numbers of full-time faculty at CUNY. Together, these reports raise a number of troubling questions about CUNY's effectiveness in addressing matters of diversity.

The speakers will also address the interventions and investments necessary to ensure work and study environments at CUNY colleges that reflect New York City's diversity. Please join us at 61 Broadway, (PSC Central Office) 16th floor on April 3rd between 6 and 8 PM. Attached is a flyer announcing the event and identifying the speakers, please distribute it to colleagues. This forum promises to be a very important event in moving these issues to greater visibility. The full range of questions associated with diversifying CUNY campuses has been too often ignored or dismissed. The union hopes this forum will contribute to a breaking of that silence. Please join us.