| Part I: Setting the Framework |
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Introduction and Course Overview: The Diversity of Urban Neighborhoods |
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A Framework for Analyzing Urban Neighborhoods |
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Neighborhoods and Community I |
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Neighborhoods and Community II |
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Neighborhood Diversity and the Metropolitan Community |
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Community Development I: Origins and Transformations |
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Community Development II: The Current Scene |
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Community Organizing in the Neighborhood I |
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Community Organizing in the Neighborhood II: The Ricanne Hadrian Initiative in Community Organizing
Guest Speaker: David Greenberg, PhD Candidate DUSP |
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| Part II: Housing and Community Development |
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Historic Perspective I |
First memo due |
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Historic Perspective II |
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Public Housing and Community Development |
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Case Study: HOPE 6 in Boston
Guest Speaker: Deborah Goddard, Director of Development, Urban Edge and former Director of Development, Boston Housing Authority |
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Affordable Rental Housing: Preserving the Stock |
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Managing the Housing Stock
Case Study: Managing Subsidized Housing
Guest Speaker: Judy Weber, Private Consultant, Former Director of Management The Community Builders |
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| Part III: Economic Development, Work and Jobs |
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Community Economic Development: The Issues, the Record and the Debates - Part I |
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Community Economic Development - Part II |
Second memo due |
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Sources of Capital |
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Small Business Development
Guest Speaker: Joe Kresberg, President, Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations |
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Main Streets
Guest Speaker: Karl Seidman |
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| 21 |
Welfare, Work and Job Training I |
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| 22 |
Welfare, Work and Job Training II
Guest Speaker: Sarah Griffin, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation and Independent Consultant |
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| Part IV: Beyond Housing and Economic Development |
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Crime Security and Community Development |
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Education and Community Development |
Third memo due |
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Faith-based Organizations and Community Development |
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Summing Up, Course Reflections etc. |
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